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Chevrotains, also known as mouse-deer, are small ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, the only members of the infraorder Tragulina. The 10 extant species are in three genera,〔Groves, C., and E. Meijaard (2005). ''Intraspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian Chevrotain.'' The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 12: 413–421〕 but several species also are known only from fossils.〔Farooq, U., Khan, M.A., Akhtar, M. and Khan, A.M. 2008. (Lower dentition of Dorcatherium majus (Tragulidae, Mammalia) in the Lower and Middle Siwaliks (Miocene) of Pakistan ). Tur. J. Zool., 32: 91–98.〕 The extant species are found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, with a single species in the rainforests of Central and West Africa.〔Nowak, R. M. (eds) (1999). ''Walker's Mammals of the World.'' 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.〕 They are solitary or live in pairs, and feed almost exclusively on plant material.〔 Depending on exact species, the Asian species weigh between , and include the smallest ungulates in the world.〔 The African chevrotain is considerably larger at .〔UltimateUngulate: ''(Hyemoschus aquaticus. )'' Accessed 12 October 2010.〕 ==Etymology== The word chevrotain is French, and can be translated as "little goat". The single African species is consistently known as chevrotain.〔〔 The names chevrotain and mouse-deer have been used interchangeably among the Asian species,〔 though recent authorities typically have preferred chevrotain for the species in the genus ''Moschiola'' and mouse-deer for the species in the genus ''Tragulus''.〔 Consequently, all species with pale-spotted or -striped upper parts are known as chevrotains, and all the species without are known as mouse-deer. The Telugu name for the Indian spotted chevrotain is ''jarini pandi'', which literally means "a deer and a pig". In Kannada, it is called ''barka'' (ಬರ್ಕ), in Malayalam, it is called ''khooran'', and the Konkani name for it is ''barinka''. The Sinhala name ''meeminna'' roughly translates to "mouse-like deer". This was used in the scientific name of one of the Sri Lankan species, ''M. meminna''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chevrotain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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