A rare mouse-deer captured on camera trap at Kanger Ghati National Park in Chhattisgarh. Out of 12 species of deer found in India, the mouse-deer is one of the smallest deer species in the world.
"The continuous hard works by the Kanger Ghati National Park management towards the conservation of wildlife made possible the habitat and the protection of rare species. Recently, the picture of rare species mouse deer has been captured in the camera trap in the national park," tweeted by Bastar District official Twitter handle.
About Chevrotains or mouse-deer
The mouse-deer, diminutive, even-toed ungulates, is only living members of the infraorder Tragulina. In November 2019, conservation scientists had claimed they had clicked pictures of silver-backed chevrotains in a Vietnamese forest for the first time since 1990. After 2019, the tiny animal was seen in Kanger Ghati National Park on May 19. They are the smallest hoofed mammals in the world.
The name 'chevrotain' orginated from the Middle French word Chevrot (kid or fawn) and chèvre (goat).
