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Water chevrotain
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Tragulidae
Species : Hyemoschus aquaticus
The Water chevrotain is listed as Data Deficient (DD), inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Congo, Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and UgandaHabitats
Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Forest, Permanent Rivers / Streams / Creeks (includes waterfalls), Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland and Wetlands (inland)
Facts about the water chevrotain
The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus) is native to West and Central Africa.
The status of the water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus) is not well known on a national basis across its extensive range.
Water Chevrotain or Hyemoschus aquaticus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Data Deficient . (Full text)
net/smallgame/raccoon'); CallAdv(); CreateTd(57) Most of the animal matter eaten by the water chevrotain is insects - this species actively hunts for ants by licking the ground along ant trails (Dubost, 1984). (Full text)
Originally named Moschus aquaticus - thereby allying it with musk deer - the water chevrotain is thought to be the most ancestral of the four living tragulids (Robin, 1990; Wilson and Reeder, 1993). (Full text)
General Characteristics Unusual for ungulates, female water chevrotains are larger than males, weighing (on average) over two kilograms more than the 10 kg males (Kingdon, 1997). (Full text)
1. water chevrotain, water deer, Hyemoschus aquaticus -- (largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa)water chevrotain
water deer
Hyemoschus aquaticus
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