This is the Java Mouse Deer, also known as the shrew deer, as the name suggests, this animal looks a bit like a mouse, but they do belong to the shrew deer family.
This is a baby mouse deer born at natura Artis Magistra Zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which was born reclining like a mouse, and the adult mouse deer is slightly larger than a domestic rabbit
The weasel is the smallest of the ungulates, and the tallest adult mouse deer weighs only about 5 pounds. The youngest adult rat deer is only a little more than 2 pounds.
One of the characteristics of the rat deer in line with the current aesthetic is that it has a pair of "chopstick legs". Foreign media once used "pencil-like legs" as a metaphor for the fragility of the legs.
Although it is a very small deer, neither male nor female mouse deer have long horns, and the male mouse deer has a pair of fangs, which is their main weapon when dueling.
Although the main food of the rat deer is the flowers and fruits of plants or the wild fruits of the ground, the mouse deer has the habit of nocturnal life like rats. During the day, he likes to hide in the grass, and only comes out at night, and is good at hiding, and generally only moves alone.
The deer is very agile, jumps like a rabbit when running, and prefers to live in dense bushes in ravines or high grass on hillsides. I have to admire the courage of the rat deer, the original combat effectiveness index is low, and I love to act alone in the night....
Rat deer also have a very cute side, the deer is very afraid of water, studies have shown that once this animal comes into contact with a large area of water, it will temporarily lose the ability to walk and lie down.
If they are caught by humans at this time, they will try to incite a pair of large eyes to "sell cuteness", and from time to time they will bow their heads and shake their small heads, making a low whimpering sound, as if they are "begging to let go".
Although each fetus only gives birth to 1-2 cubs, it is more peculiar that it can be conceived again within 48 hours after giving birth, and it is pregnant while breastfeeding.
However, due to the large number of natural enemies, the delicious meat being captured by humans and the large-scale destruction of the ecological environment, the number of rat deer is now very small, as of 2015, there are only 33 rat deer in the whole of Europe.