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silver-backed chevrotain

mammal
Also known as: Tragulus versicolor
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  • chevrotain

    …members of the group, the silver-backed chevrotain (T. versicolor), which was first described in 1910, was not photographed in the wild until 2019. The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), larger than the Asian forms, is found in western equatorial Africa. It inhabits thick cover on the banks of rivers and, when…

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    …members of the group, the silver-backed chevrotain (T. versicolor), which was first described in 1910, was not photographed in the wild until 2019. The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), larger than the Asian forms, is found in western equatorial Africa. It inhabits thick cover on the banks of rivers and, when…

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