Moschiola meminna
| Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | Moschiola |
| Species: | M. meminna |
| Binomial name | |
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Moschiola meminna (Erxleben, 1777) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Moschus meminna Erxleben, 1777 |
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Moschus meminna Erxleben, 1777
Tragulus meminna (Erxleben, 1777)
Moschiola meminna is a species of even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae). Particularly in the old literature, M. meminna often refers to the spotted chevrotains as a whole. Today, the name is increasingly restricted to the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain or white-spotted chevrotain, with the Indian spotted chevrotain M. indica and/or the yellow-striped chevrotain M. kathygre treated as distinct species. Known as ශ්රී ලංකා සුදු තිත් මීමින්නා in Sinhala.
In Sri Lanka, this species is found in the dry zone and is replaced in the wet zone by the yellow-striped chevrotain.
Head and body length is 55–60 cm. Dull dirt-brown in color with 3-4 dotted white stripes going longitudinally along flak
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