Java mouse-deer
noun1
One of the species Tragulus javanicus of the smallest of the even-toed ungulates.
- Birds and animals barely get a mention except as pollinators or antagonists (step forward Sunda porcupines and Java mouse-deer, which cause much botanist heartbreak by gnawing on Rafflesia blooms).2024 March 2, Rachel Aspden, “Blooming marvellous: A love letter to a vast and vanishing flower”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47, column 4: