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title: "Greater Oriental Chevrotain"
description: "Tragulus napu — Mammiferi. The greater mouse-deer, greater Malay chevrotain, or napu (Tragulus napu) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae found in Sumatra, Borneo, and smaller Malaysian and Indonesian islands, and in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, and peninsular Malaysia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-oriental-chevrotain
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Oriental Chevrotain

> Tragulus napu — Mammiferi. The greater mouse-deer, greater Malay chevrotain, or napu (Tragulus napu) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae found in Sumatra, Borneo, and smaller Malaysian and Indonesian islands, and in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, and peninsular Malaysia.

- Scientific name: *Tragulus napu*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 184
- Wikidata: [Q586092](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q586092)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42109](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42109)

## Names

- en: Greater Oriental Chevrotain
- de: Großes Kantschil
- es: Napu
- fr: Grand Tragul Malais
- nl: Grote kantjil

## Countries with the most observations

MY (64), SG (47), ID (5)

## Summary

The greater mouse-deer, greater Malay chevrotain, or napu (Tragulus napu) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae found in Sumatra, Borneo, and smaller Malaysian and Indonesian islands, and in southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, and peninsular Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist, lowland forest.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193034805

## Machine access

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