11 Nov 2019 With the distinguishing silver line down its back that starts just behind its shoulders, the silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor) looks a bit 12 Nov 2019 The silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse deer, was last recorded more than 25 years ago when a team of Vietnamese 11 Nov 2019 The tiny silver-backed chevrotain, which superficially resembles a small deer, gets its name from the grey and white flecked fur on the back half The silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse-deer, is elusive. It's so elusive that scientists had feared it was extinct after none had been 18 Nov 2019 The silver-backed chevrotain is about the size of a rabbit and was first described to science in 1910 based on four specimens. A joint
But in research reported today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the borderline-apocryphal silver back chevrotain (or Vietnam mouse-deer) has been spotted in the wild. With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnam mouse-deer, meandering about its tree-filled home. Scientists had thought the silver-backed chevrotain, which had been among a list of 25 "most wanted" lost species compiled by Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), had fallen victim to habitat loss
In November 2019, conservation scientists announced that they had photographed silver-backed chevrotains (Tragulus versicolor) in a Vietnamese forest for the first time since the last confirmed sightings in 1990. Scientists have rediscovered a deer-like species in southern Vietnam more than 25 years after it was last recorded. A camera trap captured images of the silver-backed chevrotain, also known as the Vietnamese mouse-deer, after it was " lost to science" since 1990, the Global Wildlife Conservation announced on Tuesday. The tiny silver-backed chevrotain, which superficially resembles a small deer, gets its name from the grey and white flecked fur on the back half of its body. See the first images of the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain in 25 years. Conservationists had feared it was extinct. See the first images of the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain in 25 years The silver-backed chevrotain, a small deer-like animal, was photographed in Vietnam for the first time since 1990. Conservationists had considered it a lost species. The Vietnamese mouse-deer, also called the silver-backed chevrotain, was captured on video in a forest in southern Vietnam. The area is ravaged* by poachers who catch animals in snares. The last known scientific recording of the species was in 1990, when a hunter killed one then gave the animal to scientists.
The silver-backed chevrotain is a half-painted beast. Behind the russet head, neck and front legs lies a silver-grey body and hind legs rounded off by a white, grizzled bottom. Though probably But in research reported today in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the borderline-apocryphal silver back chevrotain (or Vietnam mouse-deer) has been spotted in the wild. The silver-backed chevrotain is also known as the “mouse-deer” and is so small it could be held in one hand.
See the first images of the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain in 25 years. Conservationists had feared it was extinct. See the first images of the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain in 25 years The silver-backed chevrotain, a small deer-like animal, was photographed in Vietnam for the first time since 1990. Conservationists had considered it a lost species.