Moschiola kathygre

Groves & Meijaard, 2005

Yellow-striped Chevrotain

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Tragulina
Family : Tragulidae
Genus : Moschiola

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Groves, C.P. and Meijaard, E. 2005. Interspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian chevrotain. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 12:413-421.

Original name as described

Moschiola kathygre

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1946.209

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kumbalgamuwa, 7°06'N, 80°51'E, 747m (=2454 feet), Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P., & Meijaard, E. (2005). Interspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian chevrotain. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 12, 413-421.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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