The silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse-deer, was last recorded in the 1990s. The animal, a deer-like species that is the size of a rabbit, has been hanging on in a region ...

The last known scientific recording of the animal, known as the silver-backed ... The silver-backed chevrotain, also known as the Vietnamese mouse-deer, is about the size of a large rabbit ...

In reality, they likely belong to the western deer mouse. As the animal hops across the snow, its larger hind paws land in front of the two smaller front paws. Following at the rear is a track ...

They discovered the occurrence of novel postpartum estrus (phase where the animal is ready to mate). They found that the female mouse deer shows estrus and mates within 4-6 hrs of delivery.

The researchers started by making mouse iPSCs the usual way, except for one change: they swapped out Sox2, one of the Yamanaka factors, for the corresponding Sox gene from choanoflagellates.

The species is endangered due to human encroachment on its habitat. Tiny Mouse Deer Born at England's Bristol Zoo Stands at the 'Height of a Pencil' Once a vibrant part of the ecosystem stretching ...