Java mouse-deer

See also: Java mouse deer

English

Alternative forms

• Java mouse deer

Noun

Java mouse-deer (plural Java mouse-deers or Java mouse-deer)

1. One of the species Tragulus javanicus of the smallest of the even-toed ungulates.

   Synonym: plandok

   • 2024 March 2, Rachel Aspden, “Blooming marvellous: A love letter to a vast and vanishing flower”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47, column 4:

     Birds and animals barely get a mention except as pollinators or antagonists (step forward Sunda porcupines and Java mouse-deer, which cause much botanist heartbreak by gnawing on Rafflesia blooms).

References

• Java mouse-deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tragulus javanicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tragulus javanicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons