What is Java mouse-deer?
{{speciesbox | image = Tragulus javanicus jerusalem zoo.jpg | image_caption = Java mouse-deer at the Jerusalem Zoo | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Duckworth, J. W.|author2=Hedges, S.|author3=Timmins, R. J.|author4=Semiadi, G.|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41780/0|title=''Tragulus javanicus''|access-date=2014-04-24}}</ref> | genus = Tragulus | species = javanicus | authority = ([[Pehr Osbeck|Osbeck]], 1765) }} The '''Java mouse-deer''' (''Tragulus javanicus'')<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Artiodactyla | id = 14200129 | pages = 649–650}}</ref> is a leaf-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous [[ungulate]] in the family [[Tragulidae]]. When it reaches maturity it is about the size of a [[rabbit]], making it the smallest living [[ungulate]]. It is found in forests in [[Java]] and perhaps [[Bali]], although sightings there have not been verified.<ref name=iucn /> ==Taxonomy== The Java mouse-deer's common scientific name is ''Tragulus javanicus'', although other classification names for it exist, including ''Tragulus javanica'', ''Cervus javanicus'', and the [[heterotypic synonym]] ''Tragulus fuscatus''.<ref name=iucn /><ref name=meijaard>{{cite journal | last1 = Meijaard | first1 = I. | last2 = Groves | first2 = C. P. | year = 2004 | title = A taxonomic revision of the Tragulus mouse-deer. | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 140 | pages = 63–102 | doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00091.x| doi-access = free }}</ref><ref name=ARKive4>Javan mouse-deer (Tragulus javanicus). (2013). ARKive - Discover the world's most endangered species. Retrieved from http://www.arkive.org/javan-mouse-deer/tragulus-javanicus {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207213548/http://www.arkive.org/javan-mouse-deer/tragulus-javanicus/ |date=2013-12-07 }}</ref><ref>Facts about Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus) - Encyclopedia of Life. (n.d.). Encyclopedia of Life - Animals - Plants - Pictures & Informati