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Runaway1956 [soylentnews.org] writes:

Silver-backed Chevrotain
SCIENTIFIC NAME: TRAGULUS VERSICOLOR
REDISCOVERY PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 2019

The Silver-backed Chevrotain, a deer-like species the size of a rabbit or small cat, is the first mammal on the list of 25 most wanted lost species to be rediscovered. It was rediscovered by Global Wildlife Conservation and partners Southern Institute of Ecology and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research. Scientific journal Nature Ecology & Evolution published the rediscovery in November of 2019.

GWC and partners were able to successfully obtain camera trap images of the chevrotain in Vietnam’s coastal forests. Finding the chevrotain—also called a deer-mouse—has been one of the highest mammal conservation priorities in the Annamites. Before now, there has only been one record of the species since 1907--an individual purportedly collected from Vietnam’s southern coast, near Nha Trang.

The field team is now setting out to determine how large—and stable—this population of silver-backed chevrotains is, the wider distribution of the species, and understanding the threats to its survival. They will use all of the information that they gather to develop and implement a conservation action plan that strengthens enforcement and protection of the species across its range, building on the increased enforcement already put in place at the site of rediscovery.

https://www.globalwildlife.org/silver-backed-chevrotain/ [globalwildlife.org]

Photos and videos here - https://assets.globalwildlife.org/web/5288ea84a4ae858b/media-kit--miniature-fanged--deer--rediscovered-tiptoeing-through-vietnam-s-coastal-forests/ [globalwildlife.org]

also at
https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/11/silver-backed-chevrotain-vietnam-found/ [valuewalk.com]
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/11/778312670/silver-backed-chevrotain-with-fangs-and-hooves-photographed-in-wild-for-first-ti [npr.org]

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