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Tragulidae chevrotains and mouse deer

Moschiola meminna Indian spotted chevrotain

the back. All tragulids species share skull feature of a relatively straight skull axis, a closed postorbital bar and the absence of horns or antlers. Upper incisors in tragulids are lost, the upper canine in males are enlarged and ever-growing used for intraspecific combats. Dental formula for Tragulidae is 0/3 1/1 3/3 3/3 = 34. Nocturnal Indian chevrotains (Moschiola memmina) have large eyes. M. meminna differs from other three species by having anteorbital vacuity between maxillae, frontal and lacrimale

Hyemoschus aquaticus water chevrotain

Artiodactyla even-toed ungulates

Tragulidae, Giraffidae, Cervidae, Moschidae, Antilocapridae, and Bovidae, as well as a number of extinct groups. In addition to having fused naviculars and cuboids, this suborder is characterized by a series of traits including missing upper incisors, often (but not always) reduced or absent upper canines, selenodont cheek teeth, a 3 or 4-chambered stomach, and third and fourth metapodials that are often partially or completely fused. Artiodactyls are distributed nearly worldwide and are native to all