---
title: "Lesser Oriental Chevrotain"
description: "Tragulus kanchil — Mammals. The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (Tragulus kanchil) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lesser-oriental-chevrotain
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lesser Oriental Chevrotain

> Tragulus kanchil — Mammals. The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (Tragulus kanchil) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae.

- Scientific name: *Tragulus kanchil*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1254
- Wikidata: [Q1059263](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059263)
- iNaturalist taxon: [75193](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/75193)

## Names

- en: Lesser Oriental Chevrotain
- de: Kleinkantschil
- es: Trágulo pequeño
- fr: Chevrotain kanchil
- nl: Kleine kantjil

## Countries with the most observations

SG (596), TH (325), MY (84), VN (45), ID (23), KH (5)

## Summary

The lesser mouse-deer, lesser Malay chevrotain, or kanchil (Tragulus kanchil) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_mouse-deer

## Photo

![Lesser Oriental Chevrotain](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-oriental-chevrotain/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32634960

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-oriental-chevrotain?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).