| Lesser Mouse-deer | |
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| A Lesser Mouse Deer in a Spanish zoo. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | Tragulus |
| Species: | T. kanchil |
| Binomial name | |
| Tragulus kanchil Raffles, 1821 |
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The Lesser Mouse-deer or Kanchil (Tragulus kanchil) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family. It is found in Indochina, Burma (isthmus of Kra), Brunei, Cambodia, China (S Yunnan), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra, and many small islands), Laos, Malaysia (peninsular Malaya, Sarawak, and many small islands), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is the smallest known hoofed mammal, at a mature size as little as around 45 cm (18 inches) and 2 kg (4.4 lb).
References
- ^ Timmins, R.J., Duckworth, J.W. & Semiadi, G. (2008). Tragulus kanchil. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 November 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
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