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Tragulus
napu
(F. Cuvier, 1822).
In É. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères,
part 2, 4 (37): 4 pp.
©2002
ORDER—ARTIODACTYLA
FAMILY—Tragulidae
COMMON NAME—Greater
mouse-deer.
DISTRIBUTION—Southern Indochina to Java and Borneo. In the Philippines,
recorded only on Balabac (FMNH) and adjacent small islands, including
Bugsuk and Ramos (Oliver, unpubl. data).
HABITAT—Primary and secondary forest and scrub (Hoogstraal, 1951;
Rabor, 1986).
STATUS—Species
widespread and common. The Philippine population is highly restricted
but reported to be locally common in some areas in 1993, despite continuous
heavy hunting pressure (Oliver et al., unpubl. data).
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