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family Tragulidae - chevrotains

mammal family - a family of mammals

Ruminantia, suborder Ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels

chevrotain, mouse deer - very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa

genus Tragulus, Tragulus - type genus of the Tragulidae

genus Hyemoschus, Hyemoschus - water chevrotains

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References in periodicals archive

The lower molars represent the M structure (Dorcatherium fold and Tragulus fold) and this reflects the affinity with the family Tragulidae and the genus Dorcatherium.

Dorcatherium (Mammalia: Tragulidae) from Lower Siwaliks of Dhok Bun Amir Khatoon, Punjab, Pakistan

Mouse deer also known as chevrotain are small ungulates that belong to the family Tragulidae found in forests of South and Southeast Asia.

Sequence characterization of mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene in mouse deer (Moschiola indica) for PCR-RFLP based species identification

Dorcatherium is amongst the five extinct genera of the family Tragulidae alongside Dorcabune Siamotragulus Yunnanotherium and Archaeotragulus and it has a wide biogeographic distribution that includes Africa and Eurasia (Sanchez et al.

New Remains of Tragulids (Mammalia Tragulidae) from the Dhok Pathan Formation of Hasnot (Late Miocene) Pakistan

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