Rucervus duvaucelii
Rucervus duvaucelii,Barasinga、Swamp Deer,Indian Swamp Deer, Swamp Deer
Features:Fawns are brown with spots at birth, but the spots disappear as they mature.
Barasinga (scientific name: Rucervus duvaucelii) is also known as Barasinga and Swamp Deer in foreign languages. It has three subspecies.Swamp deer are herbivores, feeding mainly on grass and aquatic plants, and also eating sugar cane, reeds and crops. The activity time is mainly concentrated in the...
Rusa timorensis
Rusa timorensis, Javan Deer、Javan Rusa、Rusa、Rusa Deer、Sunda Sambar、Timor Deer, Cerf de Timor, Sambar de Java, Mähnenhirsch,Javan Deer, Javan Sambar, Timorese Deer
Features:Lyre-shaped three-pronged antlers
Rusa timorensis (scientific name: Javan Deer, Javan Rusa, Rusa, Rusa Deer, Sunda Sambar, Timor Deer, Cerf de Timor in French, Sambar de Java in Spanish, Mähnenhirsch in German, with 7 subspecies.Where hunting or other disturbances are not a big problem, ibex are primarily nocturnal, gathering in la...
Rucervus schomburgki
Rucervus schomburgki ,Su's deer, white-hipped deer, Siamese deer
Features:The horns are very large, and the main branches can reach 110 cm in length
Schomburgki (scientific name: Rucervus schomburgki) is a species of deer native to Thailand. It is the only species of red deer that does not migrate. This is because they live in the tropical rainforest in southwestern Thailand, where vegetation is lush all year round and they can get enough food w...
Rusa alfredi
Rusa alfredi,Philippine Spotted Deer,Prince Alfred’s Spotted Deer,Visayan Spotted Deer,Prinz-Alfred-Hirsch,Philippine sika deer, Visayan sambar deer, Visayan spotted deer, Visayan sika deer, Acheron
Features:One of the rarest, least known and most narrowly distributed deer species in the world
Philippine sambar deer (scientific name: Rusa alfredi) English Philippine Spotted Deer, Prince Alfred’s Spotted Deer, Visayan Spotted Deer, German Prinz-Alfred-Hirsch, no subspecies.Philippine Sambar Long overlooked as an obscure and poorly known regional variant of the widely distributed sambar de...
Axis calamianensis
Axis calamianensis,Kashima spotted deer, Kashima hog deer
Features:The lips are white with dark stripes on the sides
The Calamian Hog Deer (Axis calamianensis) is one of three species of deer native to the Philippines, the other two being the Philippine Brown Deer (Cervus mariannus, Rusa marianna) and the Philippine Water Deer (Cervus alfredi, Rusa alfredi). The word "豚" means piglet, and also refers to...
Axis kuhlii
Axis kuhlii
Features:Brown hair, no white spots
The Ba Island spotted deer (Axis kuhlii) is a deer endemic to the Indonesian island of Bawean. Its scientific name is in honor of the German zoologist Heinrich Kuhl.Until the 19th century, the number of Ba Island spotted deer was still relatively large. In the second half of the 20th century, as the...
Cervus axis
Cervus axis,Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká,Hupah Glešká,Spotted deer, white deer
Features:It looks similar to a sika deer, but also has some white spots.
The scientific name of the spotted deer, Cervus axis or Axis axis, is active all day long and feeds on tender shoots. Its natural enemies include wolves, Bengal tigers, and Asiatic lions. It will sound alarm calls when frightened. The spotted deer like to live in groups, usually consisting of adult...
Okapia johnstoni
Okapia johnstoni,Okapi
Features:The hips and upper legs have horizontal black and white stripes
Okapi (scientific name: Okapia johnstoni) is called Okapi in English. At first glance, it looks more like a horse. Because of the alternating black and white stripes on its back, it looks very much like a zebra. In the past, some people thought that the okapi was the result of the mating of a giraff...
Tragulus versicolor
Tragulus versicolor,Silver-backed Chevrotain,Vietnamese Mousedeer, Chevrotain du Vietnam,Silver-backed chevrotain, Vietnamese mouse deer
Features:Has a coarse coat with a magical two-tone color
Vietnamese Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus versicolor) English Silver-backed Chevrotain, Vietnamese Mousedeer, French Chevrotain du Vietnam, no subspecies.Both male and female Vietnamese mouse deer are territorial, marking their territory with feces, urine, and submandibular gland secretions. T...
Tragulus nigricans
Tragulus nigricans, Balabac Mouse Deer,Balabac Chevrotain,Philippine Mouse-deer, Chevrotain de Balbac
Features:Black throat with three narrow white stripes extending from white chin down
Philippine Mouse Deer (scientific name: Tragulus nigricans) English Balabac Mouse Deer, Balabac Chevrotain, Philippine Mouse-deer, French Chevrotain de Balbac, no subspecies.Philippine mouse deer are territorial in both sexes, with males marking their small, permanent territories with feces, urine,...
Tragulus napu
Tragulus napu,Greater Oriental Chevrotain、Balabac Chevrotain、Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain、Greater Mousedeer,Larger Malay Chevrotain,Larger Mousedeer,Napu,Chevrotain napu, Grand tragul malais, Napoh
Features:The fur is orange-brown, with a grayish-white appearance due to a black stripe running down each hair.
The Greater Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus napu) is called Greater Oriental Chevrotain, Balabac Chevrotain, Greater Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, Greater Mousedeer, Larger Malay Chevrotain, Larger Mousedeer, Napu in English, Chevrotain napu, Grand tragul malais in French, and Napoh in Malay. There...
Tragulus kanchil
Tragulus kanchil,Lesser Oriental Chevrotain、Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain、Lesser Malay Chevrotain、Lesser Mousedeer、Mouse Deer, Chevrotain kanchil, Petit tragul malais, Kanchil
Features:The smallest ungulate
Lesser Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus kanchil) English Lesser Oriental Chevrotain, Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, Lesser Malay Chevrotain, Lesser Mousedeer, Mouse Deer, French Chevrotain kanchil, Petit tragul malais, Indonesian Kanchil, has 30 subspecies, slightly larger than a hare. The mous...
Tragulus javanicus
Tragulus javanicus,Javan Chevrotain、Java Mousedeer、Javan Mousedeer、Kanchil、Lesser Mouse Deer, Chevrotain de Java、Petit tragul malais
Features:One of the smallest ungulates
Javan Mousedeer (scientific name: Tragulus javanicus) English Javan Chevrotain, Java Mousedeer, Javan Mousedeer, Kanchil, Lesser Mouse Deer, French Chevrotain de Java, Petit tragul malais, no subspecies.In the early classification, the Javan mouse deer was classified as a large mouse deer (now calle...
Moschiola meminna
Moschiola meminna, White-spotted Chevrotain,Chevrotain,Indian Mouse Deer,Indian Spotted Chevrotain,White-spotted Mousedeer,Tragule d'Inde, Meminna
Features:It is the "treasure of the town" of Singapore Zoo.
Spotted Mouse Deer (scientific name: Moschiola meminna) English White-spotted Chevrotain, Chevrotain, Indian Mouse Deer, Indian Spotted Chevrotain, White-spotted Mousedeer, French Tragule d'Inde, Spanish Meminna, no subspecies.In 2005, Groves and Meijaard revised the name "Moschiola meminna...
Moschiola kathygre
Moschiola kathygre
Features:It is the smallest of the three species in the same genus.
The yellow-striped mouse deer (scientific name: Moschiola kathygre) has no subspecies. It mainly eats fruits that fall from trees, and other foods include young leaves, shrubs, and young branches.The golden brown body and yellow stripes and markings of the yellow-striped chevrotain visually distingu...
Moschiola indica
Moschiola indica,Indian Chevrotain、Indian Mouse Deer、Indian Mousedeer、Indian Spotted Chevrotain
Features:The back is medium to dark brown, the belly is white, and there are four or five light vertical stripes or spots on the back.
Indian Chevrotain (scientific name: Moschiola indica) is also known as Indian Chevrotain, Indian Mouse Deer, Indian Mousedeer, Indian Spotted Chevrotain. It has no subspecies and is the largest member of the genus Moschiola.The Indian spotted chevrotain is a shy and secretive species. Like other for...
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Hyemoschus aquaticus, Water Chevrotain,Chevrotain Aquatique, Antilope Amizclero Enano de Agua, Hirschferkel
Features:The coat has horizontal white stripes and rows of white spots, and a series of inverted white "V" shapes on the throat.
Water Chevrotain [shuǐ xī lù] (scientific name: Hyemoschus aquaticus) English: Water Chevrotain, French: Chevrotain Aquatique, Spanish: Antilope Amizclero Enano de Agua, German: Hirschferkel, no subspecies, is the largest member of the family Hyemoschus.Water deer females are sedentary, occupying...
Tayassu pecari
Tayassu pecari
Features:White markings around the mouth and jaw
White-lipped Peccary (scientific name: Tayassu pecari) has 5 subspecies.White-lipped Peccary is active both during the day and at night, but is mainly nocturnal. They are a nomadic species, always looking for food and water. Living in groups, their estimated home range is between 60-200 square kilom...
Catagonus wagneri
Catagonus wagneri,Chacoan Peccary,Tagua
Features:Has many characteristics of a pig
The Chacoan Peccary (Catagonus wagneri) has no subspecies. When it was first discovered, there were only some fossils of the Chacoan Peccary and it was thought to be extinct. It was not until 1975 that they were found alive in the Grand Chaco Plain. The indigenous people are very familiar with them....
Pecari tajacu
Pecari tajacu,Collared Peccary,Collared peccary, collared pig, collared peccary
Features:Poor eyesight, but good hearing, and scent glands to repel enemies
Collared Peccary (scientific name: Pecari tajacu) has 14 subspecies. Peccary, pronounced tuān, means wild boar. Peccary, as the name suggests, is a wild boar in the West. In biological taxonomy, both peccaries and pigs belong to the order Artiodactyla, but they belong to different families.The coll...
Pecari maximus
Pecari maximus,Pecari Gigante,Giant wild boar
Features:The peccary is larger, has longer legs, and is smaller in proportion than other members of the genus.
Pecari maximus (scientific name: Pecari maximus) is also known as Pecari Gigante in English. It has no subspecies.The giant peccary is a large forest-dwelling wild boar first discovered in 2000 by Dutch naturalist Marc van Roosmalen in the Rio Aripuan Basin in Brazil. In 2003, he and Lothar Frenz, a...