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Spotted Mouse Deer
lat.: Tragulus meminna
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The animals combine features of the deer and the pigs.Thus their dentures indicate a similarity with those of the waterdeer, the feet resemble those of the pigs. The The spotted mouse deer achieves a height of 30 cm with a body weight of approximately 2.5 kg. The colouring is dark-brown with a yellow colouring at the flanks. At the neck three white strips are distinguish.
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Subspecies Hyemoschus aquaticus, T. napu, T. javanicus Diet Gras, leafes, water plants, fruits Habitat bushland and dschungles, close to water Area Ceylon, India, Sri Lanka
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