chevrotain
Noun
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Very small hornless deer-like ruminant of tropical Asia and west Africa (synset 102438484)
is a type of: ruminant - any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartmentssubtypes:
- kanchil, tragulus kanchil - small chevrotain of southeastern Asia
- napu, tragulus javanicus - chevrotain somewhat larger than the kanchil; found in India and Malaya
- hyemoschus aquaticus, water chevrotain, water deer - largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
belongs to: family tragulidae, tragulidae - chevrotainssame as: mouse deer
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