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The '''lesser mouse-deer''', '''lesser Malay chevrotain''', or '''kanchil''' ('''''Tragulus kanchil''''') is a species of [[even-toed ungulate]] in the family [[Chevrotain|Tragulidae]].

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.).

In an [[Indonesia]]n and [[Malaysia]]n 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,. likeFor wheninstance, they both trick enemies pretending to be dead or inanimate,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Backus |first1=Emma M. |title=Folk-Tales from Georgia |journal=The Journal of American Folklore |date=1900 |volume=13 |issue=48 |pages=19–32 |doi=10.2307/533730 |jstor=533730 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Jon C. Stott|title=A Book of Tricksters: Tales from Many Lands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8bhVp7TiEoC&pg=PA38|date=21 September 2010|publisher=Heritage House Publishing Co|isbn=978-1-926613-69-7|page=38}}</ref> orand both lose a race to slower opponents.<ref name="Zahari">{{cite book|author=Rahimidin Zahari|title=Sang Kancil and the snail |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQRmCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|publisher=ITBM|isbn=978-967-460-035-8|page=49}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/remus/pages/10.htm |title = Uncle Remus (Myth-Folklore Online)}}</ref> The mouse-deer also plays a role in the novel ''[[King Rat (Clavell novel)|King Rat]]'', when the character The King sells rat meat to officers within his POW camp but claims it is mouse-deer meat in order to fool them into eating it.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sutherland |first=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4b2rj8kJ15gC&dq=king+rat+mouse+deer&pg=PT331 |title=How to be Well Read: A guide to 500 great novels and a handful of literary curiosities |date=2014-05-08 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4090-3915-0 |language=en}}</ref>

Kusuda, S., Adachi, I., Fujioka, K., Nakamura, M., Amano-Hanzawa, N., Goto, N., et al. (2013). Reproductive characteristics of female lesser mouse deersdeer (tragulus javanicus) based on fecal progestagensprogestogens and breeding records. Animal Reproduction Science, 137(1-2), 69-7369–73. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.12.008