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Rare deer-like species rediscovered after nearly 30 years in Việt Nam

A still from a remote camera shows the Silver-backed Chevrotain - long considered to be near-extinct - in a forest in central Việt Nam. Photo courtesy of Global Wildlife Conservation

An Nguyễn, a Vietnamese biologist, who works with the Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC) and a member of the team, was quoted by AFP as saying:

“The results were amazing. I was overjoyed when we checked the camera traps and saw photographs of a chevrotain with silver flanks.”

The silver-backed chevrotain is the world’s smallest ungulated-hoofed ma妹妹al and is around the size of a rabbit.

The most distinctive external characteristic of the chevrotain is its unique two-tone pelage coloration, with an ocherous-buff anterior and a silver or grey posterior. The grey hairs are conspicuously tipped with white, giving the posterior a grizzled appearance.

According to Global Wildlife Conservation, they are shy and solitary and weigh less than  四. 五kg. It is on the list of top  二 五 most wanted lost species.

The study's findings have implications for other species that are lost to science, said Andrew Tilker, Asian Species Officer at the GWC.

"To the scientific world this was a lost species, but local people had known about it. It was only by utilising the local ecological knowledge that we were successful. That can be replicated for other species in other parts of the world,"大众he told CNN.

By publishing the findings on the continued existence of the silver-backed chevrotain, the team hopes that more attention would be paid to the species together with additional surveys and protection.

“Without i妹妹ediate follow-up action, there is a risk that the silver-back chevrotain could be lost once again,” write the authors. 

Bằng said: "At the moment, our team has just identified one area where footage of chevrotains was found. We still don’t know how many chevrotains are still alive in Việt Nam and where they are. 

"The next step is to find the exact number of them and their whereabouts. We will look for them in other places like Gia Lai, Phú Yên and Khánh Hoà. We will weigh the risks that may decrease the number of chevrotains and only after that will we devise plans to protect them."大众— VNS