Ten species of this ungulate exist in the world today. Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf ...
Prior to this rediscovery, there were only two other known records of the animal, the last being in 1990 Wildlife conservationists have recently rediscovered a small deer-like species that went ...
The images confirm the species, which has been “lost” to science for 29 years, is alive and well in its native Vietnam. Of the many animals Andrew Tilker studies, there are plenty he’s never actually ...
The silver-backed chevrotain was thought to be "lost to science" for the last 30 years. https://www.globalwildlife.org/press/found-chevrotain-miniature-fanged-deer ...
With a round body, spindly legs, and long fangs, this odd creature gives the platypus a run for its money. Also known as the mouse deer, chevrotains are shy and mysterious, and not much is known about ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor), also ...
Human ineptitude has put millions of species at risk of extinction and even caused a few to disappear entirely, but an adorable creature from the highlands of Vietnam is defying the odds. A kind of ...
A ‘mouse-deer’ that has not been documented alive for three decades has been discovered living in the wild in Vietnam. The silver-backed chevrotain, a deer-like species around the size of a rabbit, ...
With so many stories of animals going extinct these days it's rare to get some good news. Silver-backed chevrotain not seen since the 1990s, only known from dead specimens They appear to be abundant ...