Mammals of the WorldLesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain
Tragulus kanchil
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Tragulidae
- Genus
- Tragulus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- China?|Myanmar|Thailand|Vietnam|Laos|Cambodia|Malaysia|Singapore|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Kancil
About this species
- Size
- As little as 45cm
- Weight
- As little as 2kg
- Range
- Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and southern Yunnan
The lesser mouse-deer, also called the lesser Malay chevrotain or kanchil, is an even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae). It is one of the smallest known hoofed mammals, its mature size being as little as 45 cm and 2 kg (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found widely across Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar (Kra Isthmus), Brunei, Cambodia, southern Yunnan in China, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra and many small islands), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and many small islands), Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)