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Tragulus kanchil

Tragulus kanchil

9.9
A very small hoofed animal like a tiny deer from southeast Asia
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The Tragulus kanchil is the smallest hoofed mammal in the world.

Examples

  • Researchers observed a Tragulus kanchil foraging quietly in the forest undergrowth.

  • A Tragulus kanchil can easily slip through dense vegetation thanks to its tiny size.

  • The Tragulus kanchil is often found in dense forests.

  • Have you ever seen a Tragulus kanchil in the wild?

  • A Tragulus kanchil can easily slip through dense vegetation thanks to its tiny size.

  • Researchers observed a Tragulus kanchil foraging quietly in the forest undergrowth.

  • The Tragulus kanchil is the smallest hoofed mammal in the world.

Synonyms

kanchil
vsTragulus kanchil
9.9

A very small animal like a deer that lives in Southeast Asia

is the specific species native across southeastern Asia

Surface Forms

Tragulus kanchil singular
Tragulus kanchils plural

Morphology

Tragulus + kanchil

The expression is a taxonomic binomial combining genus and species: both constituents explicitly denote the same small chevrotain (Tragulus = small deer-like mammals; kanchil = a small chevrotain), so a learner who knows those word meanings can infer the referent. This compositional, scientific naming pattern is cross-linguistically regular and therefore transparent to a B1 learner familiar with the constituent terms.

Etymology

Tragulus kanchil comes from old words that give a clear picture: Tragulus is from a word for 'little goat' and kanchil is Malay for 'mouse-deer', so the name suggests a very small, deer-like animal.