Mouse deer spotted in Vietnam for first time in 30 years

A distinctly two-tone mouse deer has been captured on film foraging for food by camera traps set up in a Vietnamese forest. The pictures of the rabbit-sized animal, also known as the silver-backed chevrotain, are the first to be taken in the wild and come nearly 30 years after the last confirmed sighting of the creature

The Guardian YouTube network:

[benign]

Crazy. First time I've seen this animal.

[syednayeem]

I'm from Bangladesh. I've heard about this type of deer from my grandparents since childhood. But didn’t see it though. Maybe it’s extinct from our country. It’s incredible to see it back. I wish we could find it in our country like Vietnam.

[User-skzf]

This is what happen when human doesn’t intervene with nature, other living being lives

[bharathgowda]

No one
Mouse deer : now the time has come to reveal myself

[jorgezaldivar]

So it was first declared declared extinct in 1989 due to the lack of sightings, huh? What a miraculous find!

[limitless]

Theres a reason this thing was missing for 30 years

[kazwhymark]

Aww 🥰 cute love 💖 this amazing little deer 🦌

[the_death_phantom]

This does give hope for other allegedly extinct animals like Tasmanian Tigers or Dodos

[jamesoxford]

its a deer the size of a mouse... i can has?

[LonDonTaylor.]

And I bet a human will want to dissect the poor thing just for (research purposes)

[jessewru]

I hate to be a know-it-all, but that is NOT a deer.










that, is a wittle cutie pie.

[clammo]

This is a close relative of the jackalope.

[Qyu]

Seen alive first time in 30 years. I see it like 2-3 times a year in the hill tribe market and price are not even super high just normal price.

[wanalifsyafiq]

In Malaysia, we called it Sang Kancil, the wise animal in the jungle.

[radioman]

Call me mad, but dont they have those in the Bronx zoo

[mbahbendil]

Very beautiful, greetings from Indonesia my friend

[fordva]

Me a VietNamese: ye baby, thats is what i've been waitting for, thats what its all about.

[Titan_Ruler]

This news has given me a great sense of *hope that the dinosaurs may still survive in remote jungles of the world..* 😁

[zernest_]

*Let's start another Vietnam War.*