TRAGULIDAE, Milne-Edwards, 1864

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2011, Tragulidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 320-334 : 320

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5721279

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6513906

persistent identifier

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scientific name

TRAGULIDAE
status

 

Family TRAGULIDAE View in CoL

(CHEVROTAINS)

• Small mammals with stocky body, small head without antlers, large eyes, and short, thin legs; male with enlarged upper canines.

• 40-110 cm. View Figure

• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions. View Figure

• Dense wooded habitats, dryland, and riverine subtropical and tropical forests.

• 3 genera, 10 species, 33 taxa.

• | species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Tragulidae

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