Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Familia: Tragulidae
Genus: Tragulus
Species:Tragulus kanchil
Subspecies:T. k. abruptus – T. k. affinis – T. k. anambensis – T. k. angustiae – T. k. brevipes – T. k. carimatae – T. k. everetti – T. k. fulvicollis – T. k. fulviventer – T. k. hosei – T. k. insularis – T. k. kanchil – T. k. klossi – T. k. lampensis – T. k. lancavensis – T. k. longipes – T. k. luteicollis – T. k. masae – T. k. mergatus – T. k. pallidus – T. k. panangensis – T. k. pidonis – T. k. pinius – T. k. ravulus – T. k. ravus – T. k. rubeus – T. k. russeus – T. k. russulus – T. k. siantanicus – T. k. subrufus
Name
Tragulus kanchil Raffles, 1821
References
Tragulus kanchil in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
català: Tràgul petit
Deutsch: Kleinkantschil
English: Lesser Mouse-deer
español: Ciervo ratón pequeño o kanchil
ភាសាខ្មែរ: ក្តាន់ញ៉ែងតូច
Bahasa Melayu: Kancil
ไทย: กระจงเล็ก, กระจงหนู
中文: 小鼷鹿
The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (Tragulus kanchil) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae.
Distribution
The lesser mouse-deer is found widely across Southeast Asia in Indochina, Burma (Kra Isthmus), Brunei, Cambodia, China (Southern Yunnan), Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra and many other small islands), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and many other small islands), Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Description
It is the smallest known hoofed mammal, its mature size being as little as 45 cm (18 inches) and 2 kg (4.4 lb). It is threatened by predation by feral dogs.
Adult lesser mouse deer from Singapore
Through further research it is also discovered that the creatures who were initially believed to be nocturnal actually conduct their activities during the day. As discovered by Kusuda, the first being that though many births occur in May, November or December, the females are able to reproduce throughout the year (Kusuda et al).
Folktale
In an Indonesian and Malaysian folklore, the mouse-deer Sang Kancil is a cunning trickster similar to Br'er Rabbit from the Uncle Remus tales, even sharing some story plots, like when they both trick enemies pretending to be dead or inanimate,[2][3] or lose a race to slower opponents.[4][5]
References
Timmins, R.; Duckworth, J.W. (2015). "Tragulus kanchil". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136297A61978576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T136297A61978576.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Backus, Emma M. (1900). "Folk-Tales from Georgia". The Journal of American Folklore. 13 (48): 19–32. doi:10.2307/533730. JSTOR 533730.
Jon C. Stott (21 September 2010). A Book of Tricksters: Tales from Many Lands. Heritage House Publishing Co. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-926613-69-7.
Rahimidin Zahari. Sang Kancil and the snail. ITBM. p. 49. ISBN 978-967-460-035-8.
"Uncle Remus (Myth-Folklore Online)".
Mammal Species of the World
Kusuda, S., Adachi, I., Fujioka, K., Nakamura, M., Amano-Hanzawa, N., Goto, N., et al. (2013). Reproductive characteristics of female lesser mouse deers (tragulus javanicus) based on fecal progestagens and breeding records. Animal Reproduction Science, 137(1-2), 69-73. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.12.008
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