Tragulidae
Author
Don E. Wilson
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
text
2011
2011-08-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals
320
334
book chapter
3334
10.5281/zenodo.5721279
9893c5f9-5d89-4633-8047-17d296133ce3
978-84-96553-77-4
5721279
Family
TRAGULIDAE
(CHEVROTAINS)
• Small mammals with stocky body, small head without antlers, large eyes, and short, thin legs; male with enlarged upper canines.
• 40-110 cm.
• Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions.
• Dense wooded habitats, dryland, and riverine subtropical and tropical forests.
• 3 genera, 10 species, 33 taxa.
• | species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.