In late 2017, researchers set up camera traps near the forest floor and left them for five months, hoping to capture evidence of the two-toned animal that's sometimes called the Vietnamese mouse-deer.

MOUSE DEER were thought to be extinct, but have been recently rediscovered in Vietnam. ... The silver-backed species are thought to weigh less than 10 pounds, and have two tiny fangs.

Lost to the outside world for a generation—and feared extinct—a small deer-like species with tiny fangs has been photographed tiptoeing through a dry lowland forest in southern Vietnam.

On the brink: The Endangered Species Act 07:57. An elusive fanged mouse-deer thought to be "lost to science" for nearly 30 years has been caught on camera in Vietnam, according to an article ...

The silver-backed chevrotain, or Vietnamese mouse deer, has been recorded in the wild for the first time in almost 30 years, ... The solitary animals also have two fangs.

A tiny deer-like creature about the size of a rabbit has been photographed in the wild for the first time in three decades in southern Vietnam, delighting conservationists who feared the species ...

Mouse deer are despite the name, not rodents but small hoofed animals around the size of a rabbit and possess fangs instead of horns, unlike true deer. But they are probably more closely related ...

They also have fangs. ... There are 10 known species of chevrotains in the world, but the silver-backed mouse-deer, Tragulus versicolor, is one of the most elusive.

They are shy and solitary creatures weighing less than 10lbs, walk on the tips of their hooves and have two tiny fangs. Also called the Vietnamese mouse-deer, the animal was last recorded in 1990 ...

With a round body, spindly legs, and long fangs, this odd creature gives the platypus a run for its money. Also known as the mouse deer, chevrotains are shy and mysterious, and not much is known ...

Why 'Vampire Deer' Have Fangs, While Other Hoofed Mammals Have Horns. D-brief. By Nala Rogers. Nov 15, 2018 11:30 ... solitary species were more likely to live in dense foliage. For example, the ...