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Lesser Mouse Deer

Tragulus kanchil

Photo by BenAbramovitz
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Distinguished from greater mouse deer by size and orientation of stripes on the chest

Habitat:

Likes to hide in the underbrush

Notes:

These deer have been hunted with machetes, because when they are charged, they fall over and play dead, making it an easy kill.

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