Water chevrotain

Weight

10.9 kg – 11.6 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

13 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Frugivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

14 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

176 days – 274 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.24src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11.9 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The water chevrotain is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyTragulidae
6. genusHyemoschus
7. SpeciesHyemoschus aquaticus (Ogilby, 1841)

Synonyms Moschus aquaticus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

DD, Data Deficient

Java mouse-deer

Tragulus javanicus

Tragulidae

LC, Least Concern

Lesser mouse-deer

Tragulus kanchil

Tragulidae

LC, Least Concern

Greater mouse-deer

Tragulus napu

Tragulidae

LC, Least Concern

Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain

Moschiola meminna

Tragulidae

DD, Data Deficient

V

Vietnam mouse-deer

Tragulus versicolor

TragulidaeNo free photo yet

I

Indian chevrotain

Moschiola indica

TragulidaeNo free photo yet

CompareWater chevrotain vs Java mouse-deerWater chevrotain vs Lesser mouse-deerWater chevrotain vs Greater mouse-deerWater chevrotain vs Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain

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@misc{water_chevrotain_2026,
  title = {Water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/water-chevrotain},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}