Chevrotains are shy, solitary, evening- and night-active vegetarians. They stand about 30centimetres (12 inches) at the shoulder and characteristically seem to walk on the hoof tips of their slender legs. The fur is reddish brown with spots and stripes of paler colour or white; the underside is pale. The males have small, curved tusks protruding downward out of the mouth.
This animal is known as a mouse deer, the world's smallest ungulate. The deer mouse really is a mouse, found in North America. It is very similar to the white footed mouse.
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