Lesser mouse-deer
Tragulus javanicus / Lesser mouse-deer
- Habitat
- Forests near water bodies, rich in undergrowth
- Continent
- Asien
- Food
- Foliage, knsopen, fruits, insects
- Gestation/breeding period
- 140 days
- Mode of life
- Solitary
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Paarhufer
Did you know that?
~ 50 cm
lenght
~ 1,7 kg
weight
~ 12years
age
How endangered are Lesser mouse-deers?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
By the way
The lesser scamp is the smallest hoofed animal on earth.
Lesser mouse-deer at the zoo tour
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