📸 PhotoPhoto: Linda Kenney from United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain
Tragulus kanchil (Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain · ヒメマメジカ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Males fight each other with razor-sharp canines, and hunters in Borneo say they sometimes fight to the death.
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 2.5 kg is similar to that of a small pet cat (Comparison).
- 💡 Because of heavy hunting and snaring, it appears to have disappeared from Bangladesh.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain is a tiny deer relative living in Southeast Asian forests that lacks antlers and is about the size of a small cat.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Instead of antlers, males have elongated canine teeth and a scent gland under the chin.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It eats mainly fruits along with shoots and young leaves, and is active both day and night. It usually lives alone, though male-female pairs are often photographed together.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2015) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136297/61978576
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1006356
- • iucnredlist.org — 61978576
- • wikidata.org — Q1059263
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus Javanicus).jpg
- • zenodo.org — 5721307
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — W. T. Blanford · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Moschiola meminna)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.