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Definition of Tragulidae
1. Noun. Chevrotains.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Ruminantia, Suborder Ruminantia
Member holonyms: Chevrotain, Mouse Deer, Genus Tragulus, Tragulus, Genus Hyemoschus, Hyemoschus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tragulidae
Literary usage of Tragulidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Here again the tragulidae are an exception. ... This stomach has at least three
compartments, as in the tragulidae ; but it has usually four. ..."
2. The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism by Schmidt (Eduard Oskar), Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1875)
"The tragulidae are descended from them in a direct line; they form a small group
not unlike the musk animals, and are confined to South Africa and Southern ..."
3. The Doctrine of Descent and Darwinism by Schmidt (Eduard Oskar), Schmidt, Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1875)
"The tragulidae are descended from them in a direct line; they form a small group
not unlike the musk animals, and are confined to South Africa and Southern ..."
4. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoology by Harrison Allen (1869)
"J tragulidae—Placenta diffuse. Incisors in an interrupted series. Space in median
line. Central incisors very large, with wide flattened crowns. ..."
5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... tragulidae and Manidae in Africa were compared with their occurrence in the
Oriental region. The connection of the African continent with Eurasia in ..."
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