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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Tragulus (Asian chevrotains) See TRAGULIDAE.

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	Briefly in Topeka Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 5/11/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...633-2333. Zoo to feature orang, chevrotain The Topeka Zoo's "Creature Feature...Borean orangutan and the large Malayan chevrotain. The orangutan will be presented at...the Discovering Apes building. The chevrotain will be presented at 2:30 p.m...
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	Little big game: some diminutive species provide a challenge out of proportion to their size.(Backcountry) Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...tower perhaps two inches above its head. The mouse deer, or chevrotain, of Asia and Africa resembles a miniature antelope. It is...hunt it. (Males, it should be noted, have fangs, hut chevrotain hunters ought not to lose sleep over those.) The smallest...
	Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology. Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...and mahogany, and finally, returning home. The wreck yielded elephant and hippopotamus tusks, the leg bone of a water chevrotain (a tiny African deer), a millstone of African sandstone, a small amount of mahogany, day pipes of the kind issued to...
	Tropical Countries Continue to Lose Forests at High Rate: FAO Report News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 10/4/2001; 700+ words ; ...believed to have declined by 85 percent during the 20th century. Other species threatened by the bush-meat trade include the forest elephant, the water chevrotain, six duiker species, the leopard and the golden cat," the report added.
	ONE TO WATCH; Survival Special (ITV, 8pm).(Features) Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/24/1996; 218 words ; Wildlife expert Alan Root penetrates the rain forests of Zaire for footage of the rarely-seen chevrotain - a tiny antelope only two feet high. He also tracks down Africa's smallest primate, the pygmy bush baby which is all eyes, feet and fur.
	MISSING LINK BETWEEN WHALES AND FOUR-FOOTED ANCESTORS DISCOVERED News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/20/2007; 700+ words ; ...an analogue to the ancient Indohyus, even though it is not closely related to whales: The African Mousedeer (also called Chevrotain) is known to jump in water when in danger, and move around at the bottom. "Not much was known about the earliest whales...
	Television: Cannibals nearly ate me for lunch; Nick's adventures get more Extreme.(Features) Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 6/8/2003; 700+ words ; ...after a day. "On the fifth day, we caught and ate a porcupine, a duiker (a kind of antelope) and a small mammal called a chevrotain. It was a real high point. "In fact, the whole Congo experience was a very positive one. I loved it. And the Ba'akas...
	LIONS & MONKEYS & TIGERS -- OH MY! Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 6/19/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...all over the world, such as the Fiji Island iguana, the South American bushmaster, Siamese crocodile, Greater Malayan chevrotain, vampire and neotropical fruit bats, clouded leopard and emerald tree boa. In the pachyderm area, one of the zoo's two...
	All Our Yesterdays.(Sports) Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 7/23/2002; 434 words ; ...Piggott). lHaving ridden in the 4.10 at Hamilton, George Duffield arrives at Doncaster 15 seconds too late to weigh out for Chevrotain (Bill Watts) in the juvenile maiden and has to watch as Willie Ryan partners the colt to victory over Brandonhurst (Ian...

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