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Silver-backed chevrotains have been ‘rediscovered’ by science after 29 years

With help from Vietnamese villagers, researchers captured photos of the deerlike ungulate

silver-backed chevrotain

The silver-backed chevrotain, endemic to Vietnam, was “rediscovered” after 29 years by scientists who teamed up with locals to capture photographic evidence of the deerlike ungulate.

Southern Institute of Ecology, Global Wildlife Conservation, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, NCNP

By Jonathan Lambert

- More than 2 years ago

Amidst the dry, thorny underbrush of a coastal Vietnamese forest, a silver-backed chevrotain stepped into view of a camera trap — and back into the scientific record after almost three decades.