Vietnam Mouse-deer

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Vietnam Mouse-deer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tragulidae
Genus: Tragulus
Species: T. versicolor
Binomial name
Tragulus versicolor
(Thomas, 1910[1])

The Vietnam Mouse-deer (Tragulus versicolor), also known as the Silver-backed chevrotain, is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family. As of 2004 it was unclear if any Vietnam Mouse-deer survived.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mammal Species of the World
  2. ^ E. Meijaard, C.P. Groves (2004), "A taxonomic revision of the Tragulus mouse-deer (Artiodactyla)", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (1), 63–102 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00091.x