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Activity and Habitat Use of Lesser Mouse-Deer (Tragulus javanicus)
MATSUBAYASHI H, BOSI E., and KOHSHIMA S., 2003
Habitat Moist forest, shrubland, Dense vegetation along Secondary or mature Dry coastal forests and
*mangrove, and riverbanks of primary or forests and mangrove semi-evergreen forests
*seashore secondary forests thickets
Distribution Endemic to the Islands of Native to Java and *Bali Sumatra, Borneo, Endemic to Khanh Hoa
Balabac, Bugsuk, and Indonesia Myanmar, Thailand, and Gia Lai provinces of
Ramos in the Philippines Malaysia, Singapore Vietnam
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Kudo, H., Fukuta, K., Imai, S., Dahlan, I., Abdullah, N., Ho, Y., & Jalaludin, S. (1997). Establishment of Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus
javanicus) Colony for Use as a New Laboratory Animal and/or Companion Animal. JIRCAS Journal, 4, 79.
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Matsubayashi, H., Bosi, E., & Kohshima, S. (2003). Activity and habitat use of lesser mouse-deer (tragulus javanicus). Journal of
Mammalogy, 84(1), 234–242. https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0234:aahuol>2.0.co;2 15
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