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title: "White-spotted Chevrotain"
description: "Moschiola meminna — Mamíferos. Moschiola meminna is a species of even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-spotted-chevrotain
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-spotted Chevrotain

> Moschiola meminna — Mamíferos. Moschiola meminna is a species of even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae).

- Scientific name: *Moschiola meminna*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 66
- Wikidata: [Q948761](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948761)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42107](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42107)

## Names

- en: White-spotted Chevrotain
- de: Ceylonesisches Kantschil
- es: Ciervo Ratón Manchado
- fr: Chevrotain meminna
- nl: Klein gevlekt dwerghert
- pl: Kanczyl indyjski

## Countries with the most observations

LK (47)

## Summary

Moschiola meminna is a species of even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae). Particularly in the old literature, M. meminna often refers to the spotted chevrotains as a whole. Today, the name is increasingly restricted to the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain or white-spotted chevrotain, with the Indian spotted chevrotain M. indica and/or the yellow-striped chevrotain M.  kathygre treated as distinct species.

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

## Photo

![White-spotted Chevrotain](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-spotted-chevrotain/medium.jpg)

Photo: W T Blanford · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moschiola_meminna.jpg

## Machine access

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