Silver backed chevrotain extinct
With its Search for Lost Species initiative, Global Wildlife Conservation aims to highlight species, like the silver-backed chevrotain, that are “lost” to science, but not necessarily extinct The silver-backed chevrotain, endemic to Vietnam, was “rediscovered” after 29 years by scientists who teamed up with locals to capture photographic evidence of the deerlike ungulate. The silver-backed chevrotain, a tiny deer-like creature that hasn’t been seen in the wild in almost 30 years, has now been captured alive and well on camera traps in Vietnam. The last known scientific recording of the animal, known as the silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor), dates to 1990, when a hunter killed one and donated the specimen to scientists. The recent rediscovery of a small animal in Vietnam is big news for the scientific community. Biologist An Nguyen managed to scientifically confirm the existence of the silver-backed chevrotain, aka the Vietnamese mouse-deer, for the first time since 1907 ― though there was a sighting in 1990. One big example is the coelacanth, a fish which to the western world was known only from fossil records until a live specimen was found in 1938—marking a 66 million year gap between when it was The Silver-backed Chevrotain, a deer-like species the size of a rabbit or small cat, is the first mammal on the list of 25 most wanted lost species to be rediscovered. It was rediscovered by Global Wildlife Conservation and partners Southern Institute of Ecology and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research.
12 Jan 2020 Also known as the Vietnam mouse-deer, the silver-backed chevrotain was, and now is once again, the world's smallest hooved animal. Weighing
A tiny ‘deer’ was feared extinct. Scientists just photographed it for the first time in a generation. The silver-backed chevrotain, a small deer-like animal, was photographed in Vietnam for Conservationists had feared it was extinct. See the first images of the deer-like silver-backed chevrotain in 25 years. Conservationists had feared it was extinct. Scientists have only recorded five silver-backed chevrotain specimens. All of them were already dead. The first four appeared in 1910, and the final specimen, killed by a hunter, turned up in 1990. The silver-backed chevrotain, endemic to Vietnam, was “rediscovered” after 29 years by scientists who teamed up with locals to capture photographic evidence of the deerlike ungulate. A timid, silvery, rabbit-sized, deer-like creature feared extinct for almost 30 years has been rediscovered. The Vietnamese mouse-deer, also called the silver-backed chevrotain, was captured on video in a forest in southern Vietnam. The area is ravaged* by poachers who catch animals in snares.
12 Nov 2019 A cute mouse deer, or silver-backed chevrotain, has been caught on camera deer rediscovered in Vietnam 30 years after becoming 'extinct'.
11 Nov 2019 The silver-backed chevrotain is prized by by locals who use thin wire nooses - or snares - to catch it. Co-leader of the study, An Nguyen, a 11 Nov 2019 The silver-backed chevrotain was recently rediscovered — after vanishing for nearly 30 years — in a forest in southern Vietnam. 11 Nov 2019 Silver-backed chevrotains, also known as mouse-deer, were thought to be an extinct species. But scientists have found evidence the animals 4 Jan 2020 A case in point is the Vietnamese mouse deer, aka silver-backed chevrotain, It was assumed that it might have gone extinct in the wild. 11 Nov 2019 The silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnamese mouse deer, was last recorded more than 25 years ago when a team of Vietnamese
Scientists have only recorded five silver-backed chevrotain specimens. All of them were already dead. The first four appeared in 1910, and the final specimen, killed by a hunter, turned up in 1990.
12 Jan 2020 Also known as the Vietnam mouse-deer, the silver-backed chevrotain was, and now is once again, the world's smallest hooved animal. Weighing 11 Nov 2019 I'm here to report on the silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus 2,000 photos of the silver-backed chevrotain, a mammal many feared extinct. 20 Dec 2019 Learn more about the rediscovered Vietnamese Mouse-Deer that was thought to be extinct. 11 Nov 2019 If the silver-backed chevrotain had gone extinct, it probably would have been due to hunting and trapping, Tilker says. Alerting the larger scientific 11 Nov 2019 The silver-backed chevrotain has been photographed in the wild for the first The species appeared to be extinct, felled by deforestation and
The silver-backed chevrotain, a tiny deer-like creature that hasn’t been seen in the wild in almost 30 years, has now been captured alive and well on camera traps in Vietnam.
With so many stories of animals going extinct these days it's rare to get some good news. But researchers working in lowland forest near Nha Trang in south-east Vietnam have captured the first-ever photos of a silver-backed chevrotain or "mouse-deer", which conservationists feared was extinct. With its Search for Lost Species initiative, Global Wildlife Conservation aims to highlight species, like the silver-backed chevrotain, that are “lost” to science, but not necessarily extinct
With its Search for Lost Species initiative, Global Wildlife Conservation aims to highlight species, like the silver-backed chevrotain, that are “lost” to science, but not necessarily extinct The silver-backed chevrotain, endemic to Vietnam, was “rediscovered” after 29 years by scientists who teamed up with locals to capture photographic evidence of the deerlike ungulate. The silver-backed chevrotain, a tiny deer-like creature that hasn’t been seen in the wild in almost 30 years, has now been captured alive and well on camera traps in Vietnam. The last known scientific recording of the animal, known as the silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor), dates to 1990, when a hunter killed one and donated the specimen to scientists. The recent rediscovery of a small animal in Vietnam is big news for the scientific community. Biologist An Nguyen managed to scientifically confirm the existence of the silver-backed chevrotain, aka the Vietnamese mouse-deer, for the first time since 1907 ― though there was a sighting in 1990.