The animal is no larger than a rabbit. It has silver-grey fur, a russet head, white patches and thin legs. Though it may look ...

After nearly three decades, the silver-backed chevrotain, a diminutive and elusive animal, has been rediscovered in a ...

In the rodent family tree, deer mice separated from the ancestors of house mice and rats about 25 million years ago. By some ...

Mouse-deer are among the smallest ungulates, or hooved mammals on the planet and even as adults weigh only 1.5-2.0 kilogrammes. (Reporting by Alan Charlish Editing by Alexandra Hudson) ...

The deer mouse ranges throughout North America, although it's more common in the East than the West. Deer mice are primarily nocturnal omnivores (i.e. they'll eat meat and plants).

Unlike the deer mouse which it closely resembles, the white-footed mouse’s fur is not soft and luxuriant, and the general color of the back and sides is a reddish or orangish, not grayish, brown. A ...

Once upon a time, there is a little Mouse Deer, his name is Kancil. Kancil live in shady forest far away from the city. Actually that forest is a peace place for the animals before the hunters came.

WARSAW, Poland — A zoo in Poland says it's the first to have captured on video the birth of a rare Philippine mouse-deer, and everyone's hoping it’s a male so it can help the endangered ...

Deer mouse of the kind found with Hantavirus. Photo via San Diego County News Center A deer mouse collected during routine monitoring from a rural area near Boulevard has tested positive for the ...

MOUNT LAGUNA (CNS) - A deer mouse collected near Mount Laguna last month tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, county officials announced Tuesday. The sample was collected Aug. 24 ...

A deer mouse collected in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park earlier this month tested positive for hantavirus, a potentially deadly virus that can infect people, county officials said Monday.