| Indian spotted chevrotain | |
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| Indian spotted chevrotain in the Nilgiris, India. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | Moschiola |
| Species: | M. indica |
| Binomial name | |
| Moschiola indica (Gray, 1852) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Tragulus meminna (in part) | |
TheIndian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica) is a species ofeven-toed ungulate in the familyTragulidae. It is native toIndia and possiblyNepal. It lives in rainforests and is nocturnal.[1] It has a body length of 57.5 cm (22.6 in) with a 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long tail length and weighs around 3 kg (6.6 lb).This was earlier included under the name ofTragulus meminna, but studies on the systematics of the group have led to that name being restricted to theSri Lankan spotted chevrotain.[2]
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