Hyemoschus


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Related to Hyemoschus: chevrotain, Hyemoschus aquaticus
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Noun1.Hyemoschus - water chevrotainsHyemoschus - water chevrotains      
genus Hyemoschus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Tragulidae, Tragulidae - chevrotains
Hyemoschus aquaticus, water chevrotain, water deer - largest chevrotain; of marshy areas of west Africa
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A preliminary checklist of mammals and plants: conservation status of some species in Salonga National Park
The species present include drill (Mandrillus [=Papio] sphinx), bush pig (Potamochoerus porcus), and water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus), which has disappeared locally although it is not in danger of extinction.
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1 .The extant chevrotain (Hyemoschus) as an ancestor surrogate for all extant ruminants (Janis 1984; Janis and Scott 1987).
Evolutionary change in the morphological complexity of the mammalian vertebral column

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