Indian spotted chevrotain

Indian spotted chevrotain
	Indian spotted chevrotain in the Anaimalai Hills, India
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tragulidae
Genus:	Moschiola
Species:	M. indica
Binomial name
	Moschiola indica; (Gray, 1852)
Synonyms
	Tragulus meminna (in part)

The Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. It is native to India and possibly Nepal. It lives in rainforests and is nocturnal.^[1] It has a body length of 57.5 cm (22.6 in) with a 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long tail length and weighs around 3 kg (6.6 lb). This was earlier included under the name of Tragulus meminna, but studies on the systematics of the group have led to that name being restricted to the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Duckworth, J.W. & Timmins, R. (2015). "Moschiola indica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136585A61979067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T136585A61979067.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Groves, C.; Meijaard, E. (2005). "Intraspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian Chevrotain" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement. 12: 413–421. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2023-04-03.

External links

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[iucn-1] Duckworth, J.W. & Timmins, R. (2015). "Moschiola indica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136585A61979067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T136585A61979067.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] Groves, C.; Meijaard, E. (2005). "Intraspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian Chevrotain" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement. 12: 413–421. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2023-04-03.

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