| Vietnam Mouse-deer[1] | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | Tragulus |
| Species: | T. versicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Tragulus versicolor (Thomas, 1910) |
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The Vietnam Mouse-deer (Tragulus versicolor), also known as the Silver-backed chevrotain, is a species of even-toed ungulate in the Tragulidae family that at present only is known from Vietnam.[1] Until 2004, it was generally treated as a subspecies of the Greater Mouse-deer (T. napu), though it more closely resembles the Lesser Mouse-deer (T. kanchil).[3] Recent records of this very poorly known species are missing, but this is more likely due to the difficulty involved in separating it from other mouse-deer and the general absence of field work within its presumed range than it being extinct.[2]