mouse deer

noun

1. chevrotain.

mouse deer

noun

1. another name for chevrotain

Word History and Origins

Origin of mouse deer¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Ticks are passive predators of blood—they wait for an unsuspecting mouse, deer or person to brush past the blade of grass they are clinging to.

From Scientific American

The lesser Malayan mouse deer was born to first-time mother Brienne and and father Jorah almost a month ago.

From BBC

Its gender is not yet known however it is only the second mouse deer to be born at the zoo in the last decade.

From BBC

In 2020, a female mouse deer named Missandei was born at the zoo and moved on to Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands, as part of a breeding programme for the species.

From BBC

“For the first time ever in the history of any species of mouse deer, an actual birth was filmed and then the first moment of life of the baby,” Radoslaw Ratajszczak, the head of Zoo Wroclow, told Reuters.

From Reuters