What is Mouse deer?
{{Taxobox | name = Chevrotain | fossil_range = Early [[Oligocene]] {{ndash}} Recent | image = Mouse-deer_Singapore_Zoo_2012.JPG | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Tragulus kanchil'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | subordo = [[Ruminantia]] | familia = '''Tragulidae''' }} The '''chevrotain''', also known as '''mouse deer''', is a small [[even-toed ungulate]] that make up the family '''Tragulidae''' Mouse deer live in [[Asia]]. They are about the size of a [[hare]], with short, thin [[leg]]s. They stamp their small [[feet]] to signal to each other. Mouse deer are extremely nervous. When they are surprised, they freeze immediately, and then run away in a zig-zag through the forest.<ref> {{cite book |title=Jungle Animals Over 100 Questions and Answers to Things You Want to Know |last=Ganeri |first=Anita |year=2000 |location=Dubai, U.A.E |isbn=0-75254-909-X }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Even-toed ungulates]]