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A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE SMALL MALAYAN CHEVROTAIN, Tragulus javanicus , AT NEW YORK ZOO

A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE SMALL MALAYAN CHEVROTAIN, Tragulus... USA mouse-deer, have been little studied by zoologists. Their size, shyness and choice of habitat militate against field study and apparently few find their way into zoos. This paper presents a summary of the scant published accounts of the chevrotains, and a preliminary report of observations made on a breeding group of Trqirlrrs javanicris at the New York Zoological Park over the past thirty-two months. A t first glance, the chevrotain reminds one of a small dL&er, but upon closer observation one tends to compare it less with the small antelopes than with the agoutis. The similarity to agoutis was noted by myself and a keeper who had worked closely with both species, and was also noted by R. B. Sanyal, Superintendcnt of the Calcutta Zoological Garden in 1892. The rodent-like quality of the chevrotain is not confined to its form, however; it occasionally assumes an upright sitting posture, agouti-fashion, with the entire hind-foot resting in a plantigrade position. Little has been published concerning the life history of the chevrotains, and this principally in the latter part of the nineteenth century. One reads in Blanford’s work (1888) that the Indian chevrotain, T. wteniinna inhabits ‘the jungly districts . http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Zoo Yearbook Wiley

A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF THE SMALL MALAYAN CHEVROTAIN, Tragulus javanicus , AT NEW YORK ZOO

Davis, Joseph A.
International Zoo Yearbook , Volume 5 (1) – Jan 1, 1965
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Copyright © 1965 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0074-9664
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1748-1090
DOI
10.1111/j.1748-1090.1965.tb01568.x
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Abstract

USA mouse-deer, have been little studied by zoologists. Their size, shyness and choice of habitat militate against field study and apparently few find their way into zoos. This paper presents a summary of the scant published accounts of the chevrotains, and a preliminary report of observations made on a breeding group of Trqirlrrs javanicris at the New York Zoological Park over the past thirty-two months. A t first glance, the chevrotain reminds one of a small dL&er, but upon closer observation one tends to compare it less with the small antelopes than with the agoutis. The similarity to agoutis was noted by myself and a keeper who had worked closely with both species, and was also noted by R. B. Sanyal, Superintendcnt of the Calcutta Zoological Garden in 1892. The rodent-like quality of the chevrotain is not confined to its form, however; it occasionally assumes an upright sitting posture, agouti-fashion, with the entire hind-foot resting in a plantigrade position. Little has been published concerning the life history of the chevrotains, and this principally in the latter part of the nineteenth century. One reads in Blanford’s work (1888) that the Indian chevrotain, T. wteniinna inhabits ‘the jungly districts .

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International Zoo Yearbook – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1965

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