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Moschiola (chevrotains)

Synonyms: Meminna

Wikipedia Abstract

Spotted chevrotains (Moschiola) are a genus of small even-toed ungulates in the family Tragulidae. They are found in forests in India, Sri Lanka and perhaps Nepal, and have pale-spotted or -striped upperparts unlike the other Asian members of the family, the mouse-deer of the genus Tragulus. In former times, the genus was usually treated as monotypic. Described as Moschus meminna, for most of the time the name Tragulus meminna was used, but changed to Moschiola meminna eventually. In the 21st century, this is increasingly divided into up to three parapatric species:
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Species

Moschiola indica (Indian Mouse Deer)
Moschiola kathygre (Yellow-striped Chevrotain)
Moschiola meminna (Indian spotted chevrotain) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0