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White-spotted Chevrotain
Moschiola meminna
Moschiola meminna is a species of even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae). Particularly in the old literature, M. meminna often refers to the spotted chevrotains as a whole. Today, the name is increasingly restricted to the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain or white-spotted chevrotain, with the Indian spotted chevrotain M. indica and/or the yellow-striped chevrotain M. kathygre treated as distinct species. Known as ශ්රී ලංකා සුදු තිත් මීමින්නා in Sinhala.
From the article Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Head and body length in the species typically is 55–60 cm (22–24 in). It is dull brown in color with three or four dotted white stripes going longitudinally along flank.
Range & habitat
Moschiola meminn is endemic to the dry zone of Sri Lanka and it’s likely widespread throughout this region, which encompasses most of the island except for the wet zone inhabited by the yellow-striped chevrotain.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42107.