Chevrotain - Video Learning - WizScience.com

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"Chevrotains", also known as "mouse-deer", are small ungulates that make up the family "Tragulidae", the only members of the infraorder Tragulina. The 10 extant species are in three genera, but several species also are known only from fossils. The extant species are found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, with a single species in the rainforests of Central and West Africa. They are solitary or live in pairs, and feed almost exclusively on plant material. Depending on exact species, the Asian species weigh between 0.7 and, and include the smallest ungulates in the world. The African chevrotain is considerably larger at 7 -. The word chevrotain is French, and can be translated as "little goat". The single African species is consistently known as chevrotain. The names chevrotain and mouse-deer have been used interchangeably among the Asian species, though recent authorities typically have preferred chevrotain for the species in the genus "Moschiola" and mouse-deer for the species in the genus "Tragulus". Consequently, all species with pale-spotted or -striped upper parts are known as chevrotains, and all the species without are known as mouse-deer. The Telugu name for the Indian spotted chevrotain is "jarini pandi", which literally means "a deer and a pig". In Kannada, it is called "barka" , in Malayalam, it is called "khooran", and the Konkani name for it is "barinka". The Sinhala name "meeminna" roughly translates to "mouse-like deer". This was used in the scientific name of one of the Sri Lankan species, "M. meminna". Wiz Science™ is "the" learning channel for children and all ages. SUBSCRIBE TODAY Disclaimer: This video is for your information only. The author or publisher does not guarantee the accuracy of the content presented in this video. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. Background Music: "The Place Inside" by Silent Partner (royalty-free) from YouTube Audio Library. This video uses material/images from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrotain, which is released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ . This video is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ . To reuse/adapt the content in your own work, you must comply with the license terms.