Pictures and facts about the Chevrotains

Chevrotains

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Tragulidae
Genus : Moschiola

Facts about the genus Moschiola, the chevrotains

Chevrotains are the smallest of hoofed mammals, Asian species weighing as little as one-and-a-half pounds.

The chevrotains are inhabitants of the Old World tropical forests and have gone virtually unchanged for 30 million years.

The reproductive biology of chevrotains is limited.

· Chevrotains are sometimes called “mouse deer”, but they are not really deer.

Chevrotains are small, secretive creatures, now found only in the tropical forests of Africa, India, and South-east Asia. (Full text)

Although they are also called mouse deer, chevrotains are not closely related to true deer, and are classified in a family of their own. (Full text)