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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}<br /> {{Automatic taxobox<br /> | image = Moschiola meminna.jpg<br /> | image_caption = &#039;&#039;&quot;Tragulus meminna&quot;&#039;&#039;&lt;br/&gt; from the &#039;&#039;[[Fauna of British India]]&#039;&#039;<br /> | taxon = Moschiola<br /> | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1852<br /> | type_species = &#039;&#039;[[Moschiola meminna|Moschus meminna]]&#039;&#039;<br /> | type_species_authority = Erxleben, 1777<br /> | range_map = File:Tragulidae distribution.png<br /> | range_map_caption = Tragulidae distribution&lt;br/&gt;&#039;&#039;Moschiola&#039;&#039; in red<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Moschiola&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;, the &#039;&#039;&#039;spotted chevrotains&#039;&#039;&#039;, are a genus of small [[even-toed ungulate]]s in the family [[Tragulidae]]. They are found in forests in [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] and perhaps [[Nepal]], and have pale-spotted or -striped upperparts unlike the other Asian members of the family, the mouse-deer of the genus &#039;&#039;[[Tragulus]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=walker&gt;Nowak, R. M. (eds) (1999). &#039;&#039;Walker&#039;s Mammals of the World.&#039;&#039; 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> In former times, the genus was usually treated as [[monotypic]]. Described as &#039;&#039;Moschus meminna&#039;&#039;, for most of the time the name &#039;&#039;Tragulus meminna&#039;&#039; was used, but changed to &#039;&#039;Moschiola meminna&#039;&#039; eventually. In the 21st century, this is increasingly divided into up to three [[parapatric]] [[species]]:&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal |last1=Groves |first1=C. |last2=Meijaard |first2=E. |year=2005 |title=Intraspecific variation in &#039;&#039;Moschiola&#039;&#039;, the Indian Chevrotain |journal=The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement |volume=12 |pages=413–421 |url=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/s12rbz413-421.pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |-<br /> ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution<br /> |-<br /> |[[File:MouseDeer0.jpg|120px]] || &#039;&#039;M. meminna [[sensu stricto]]&#039;&#039; || [[Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain]] || drier parts of Sri Lanka<br /> |-<br /> |[[File:Indian spotted chevrotain Moschiola indica Mouse deer from the Anaimalai hills DSC9927 03.jpg|120px]] || &#039;&#039;M. indica&#039;&#039; || [[Indian spotted chevrotain]] || South Asian mainland north to Nepal<br /> |-<br /> |[[File:Moschiola_kathygre.jpg|120px]] || &#039;&#039;M. kathygre&#039;&#039; || [[Yellow-striped chevrotain]] || humid parts of Sri Lanka<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{Artiodactyla|R.}}<br /> {{Taxonbar|from=Q996737}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Moschiola| ]]<br /> [[Category:Chevrotains]]<br /> [[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]<br /> [[Category:Mammal genera]]<br /> [[Category:Mammals of India]]<br /> [[Category:Mammals of Sri Lanka]]<br /> [[Category:Mammals of Nepal]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{eventoedungulate-stub}}<br /> [[eo:Tragoledoj]]</div>

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