Java mouse-deer vs Lesser mouse-deer
The lesser mouse-deer is heavier: 3.85 kg against 2.78 kg for the java mouse-deer, about 39% more.
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Photo: Linda Kenney from United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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What is the difference between a java mouse-deer and a lesser mouse-deer?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The lesser mouse-deer is heavier: 3.85 kg against 2.78 kg for the java mouse-deer, about 39% more.
- The lesser mouse-deer is longer-lived: 14 years against 12 years for the java mouse-deer, about 17% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Tragulus, so they are close relatives.
- The java mouse-deer is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List; the lesser mouse-deer is Least Concern.
Side by side
| Java mouse-deer | Lesser mouse-deer | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Tragulus javanicus | Tragulus kanchil |
| Family | Tragulidae | Tragulidae |
| Order | Artiodactyla | Artiodactyla |
| Weight | 1.75 kg – 2.78 kg | 3.85 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 12 years | 14 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Data Deficient | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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