A uncommon mouse-deer captured on digital camera lure at Kanger Ghati National Park in Chhattisgarh. Out of 12 species of deer present in India, the mouse-deer is without doubt one of the smallest deer species on the earth.
“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 deal with.
About Chevrotains or mouse-deer
The mouse-deer, diminutive, even-toed ungulates, is barely dwelling members of the infraorder Tragulina. In November 2019, conservation scientists had claimed they’d clicked footage of silver-backed chevrotains in a Vietnamese forest for the primary time since 1990. After 2019, the tiny animal was seen in Kanger Ghati National Park on May 19. They are the smallest hoofed mammals on the earth.
The title ‘chevrotain’ orginated from the Middle French phrase Chevrot (child or fawn) and chèvre (goat).
