The silver-backed chevrotain — a mysterious animal that's the size of a rabbit but looks like a silver-splashed deer — has been photographed in the wild for the first time.

The mouse deer. Or the pig deer. Or the little goat. Whatever you call the chevrotain, this is a truly distinct (and tiny!) ungulate.With a round, bunny-like body placed atop piglet-like feet, and ...

The organization Global Wildlife Conservation lists 1,200 lost species, highlighting 25 of the most charismatic—including the silver-backed chevrotain—as flagship "most wanted" species that ...

Scientists had thought the silver-backed chevrotain, which had been among a list of 25 “most wanted” lost species compiled by Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), had fallen victim to habitat ...

With a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnam mouse-deer, meandering about its tree-filled home.

The silver-backed chevrotain, also known as the Vietnamese mouse-deer, is about the size of a large rabbit, with a silver sheen on its rump. The creatures have tusk-like incisors, visible in the ...

The silver-backed chevrotain, or Vietnamese mouse deer, has been recorded in the wild for the first time in almost 30 years, conservationists say.

The silver-backed chevrotain, a small deer-like animal, was photographed in Vietnam for the first time since 1990. Conservationists had considered it a lost species.

In March 2017, members of the research team brainstormed about where to look for the silver-backed chevrotain. They focused on dry coastal forest in the southern part of Vietnam, near where the ...