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{{Short description|Species of mammal}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Lesser mouse-deer
| image =
| image_caption = A lesser mouse-deer
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{
| genus = Tragulus
| species = kanchil
| authority = [[Stamford Raffles|Raffles]], 1821
| synonyms =
| range_map = Range_Tragulus_kanchil.png
}}
The '''lesser mouse-deer'''
==Distribution==
The lesser mouse-deer is found widely across [[Southeast Asia]] in [[Indochina]], [[
==Description==
It is one of the smallest known hoofed
[[Image:Adult Lesser mouse-deer (Tragulus kanchil), Singapore - 20141001.jpg|
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.).
==Folklore and literature==
In [[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. For instance, 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> and 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>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ''[https://
Kusuda, S., Adachi, I., Fujioka, K., Nakamura, M., Amano-Hanzawa, N., Goto, N., et al. (2013). Reproductive characteristics of female lesser mouse deer (tragulus javanicus) based on fecal progestogens and breeding records. Animal Reproduction Science, 137(1-2), 69–73. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.12.008
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