iPedia Free Information Center

Information about Chevrotain

“Kancil” redirects here. For the car, see Perodua Kancil.
Chevrotains

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Tragulidae
Milne-Edwards, 1864
Genera
The four species of chevrotain, also known as mouse deer (not to be confused with deer mice, Peromyscus), make up the family Tragulidae. Chevrotains are small, secretive creatures, now found only in the tropical forests of Africa, India, and South-east Asia. They are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina.

The family was widespread and successful from the Oligocene (34 million years ago) to the Miocene (about 5 million years ago), but has remained almost unchanged over that time and remains as an example of primitive ruminant form. Chevrotains have a four-chambered stomach to ferment tough plant foods, but the third chamber is poorly developed. They do not have horns or antlers, but both sexes possess enlarged upper canines [1]. The male's are prominent and sharp, projecting either side of the lower jaw. Chevrotains have short, thin legs which leave them lacking in agility but also helps to maintain a smaller profile which aids in running through the dense foliage of their environment.

The largest member of the family is the Water Chevrotain of Africa, at about 80 cm in length and roughly 10 kilograms. It is regarded as the most pig-like and primitive of the four. The remaining three all prefer rocky forest habitats. The Lesser Mouse Deer (Malay kancil) of South-east Asia is the smallest, and is actually the smallest of all ungulates at a mature size as little as around 45 cm (18 inches) and 2 kg (4.4 lb).

All four species depend for their survival on the retention of their fast-dwindling forest habitat and restriction of the bush meat trade.

In Malay folklore, the mouse deer plays the same role as the wily fox of European fables.

Ancient Chevrotains

  • Dorcatherium
  • Dorcabune
  • Siamotragulus
  • Yunnanotherium

Gallery




Mouse Deer Tragulus napu

Javan Chevrotain


Miscellaneous

The Mouse-deer or chevrotian is called "Jarini Pandi" in Telugu language which literally means " a deer and a mouse".

The Malaysian-made Perodua Kancil car is named after the mousedeer, as it is a very small vehicle.

The Central Park Zoo in New York City has two Greater Mouse Deer in its rain forest exhibit.

The Bronx Zoo in New York City has a Mouse Deer in its Jungleworld pavilion.
Perodua Kancil (also known as the Perodua Nippa in the United Kingdom, and the Daihatsu Ceria in Indonesia) is a small car manufactured by Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua (Malay for "Second Automobile Manufacturer") in Malaysia. It has been in production since 1994.
..... Click the link for more information.
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
..... Click the link for more information.
Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism.
If you are prevented from editing this page, and you wish to make a change, please discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or
..... Click the link for more information.
Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
..... Click the link for more information.
Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

..... Click the link for more information.
Artiodactyla*
Owen, 1848

Families

Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
..... Click the link for more information.
Henri Milne-Edwards (October 23, 1800 - July 29, 1885) was an eminent French zoologist.

Milne-Edwards, was the 27th child of an English father Wiliam Edwards and a French mother Elisabeth Vaux.
..... Click the link for more information.
genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
..... Click the link for more information.
Hyemoschus

Species: H. aquaticus

Binomial name
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Ogilby 1841



The
..... Click the link for more information.
Tragulus

Tragulus is a genus of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Kanchil (Tragulus javanicus)
  • Greater Mouse Deer (Tragulus napu)
  • Tragulus nigricans

..... Click the link for more information.
P. maniculatus

Binomial name
Peromyscus maniculatus
(Wagner, 1845)

Peromyscus maniculatus is a rodent native to North America.
..... Click the link for more information.
family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
..... Click the link for more information.
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30,221,532 km² (11,668,545 sq mi) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
..... Click the link for more information.
This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved.
Protection is not an endorsement of the current [ version] ([ protection log]).
..... Click the link for more information.


Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, and north of Australia.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are slightly
..... Click the link for more information.
The Miocene Epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23.03 to 5.332 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the start and end are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the period are uncertain.
..... Click the link for more information.
Ruminantia

Families

Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Moschidae
Tragulidae

A ruminant is any animal that digests its food in two steps, first by eating the raw material and regurgitating a semi-digested form known as cud,
..... Click the link for more information.
This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.
Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. This article has been tagged since December 1909.
..... Click the link for more information.
Hyemoschus

Species: H. aquaticus

Binomial name
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Ogilby 1841



The
..... Click the link for more information.
T. javanicus

Binomial name
Tragulus javanicus
(Osbeck, 1765)

The Kanchil or Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family.
..... Click the link for more information.
Malay}}} 
Writing system: Rumi (Latin alphabet) (official) and Jawi (Arabic script); historically written in Pallava, Kawi and Rencong 
Official status
Official language of:
The template is . Please use instead.

..... Click the link for more information.

..... Click the link for more information.
Ruminantia
Scopoli, 1777

Families

 Tragulidae
 Moschidae
 Cervidae
 Giraffidae
 Antilocapridae
 Bovidae
The biological suborder Ruminantia
..... Click the link for more information.
Hyemoschus

Species: H. aquaticus

Binomial name
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Ogilby 1841



The
..... Click the link for more information.
T. javanicus

Binomial name
Tragulus javanicus
(Osbeck, 1765)

The Kanchil or Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family.
..... Click the link for more information.
T. napu

Binomial name
Tragulus napu
(F. Cuvier, 1822)

The Greater Mouse Deer or Napu (Tragulus napu) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family.
..... Click the link for more information.
Moschidae
(Gray, 1821)

Genus: Moschus
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Species
  • Moschus chrysogaster - Himalayan Musk Deer
  • Moschus moschiferus - Siberian Musk Deer
  • Moschus berezovskii

..... Click the link for more information.
Cervidae
Goldfuss, 1820

Subfamilies

Capreolinae/Odocoileinae
Cervinae
Hydropotinae
Muntiacinae

A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae.
..... Click the link for more information.
Giraffidae
Gray, 1821

Species

Okapia
  • Okapia johnstoni
''Giraffa
  • Giraffa camelopardalis


The biological family Giraffidae contains just two living members, the giraffe and the okapi.
..... Click the link for more information.


This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.
Herod_Archelaus


page counter