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Mouse Deer is also known as Indian Chervotain.The existing population of Indian mouse deer is probably facing severe threat as the local tribesmen are known to hunt deer species for consumption in this area. "Moiz Ahmed of NNWS said that Mouse Deer was spotted in the camera trap installed to monitor movement of tigers in the region. Ensuring least biotic interference, efforts would be made to protect the number of Mouse Deer and extra care would be taken. RAIPUR: In a unique finding, the Chhattisgarh forest department found country's smallest descendent of ungulate species known as Indian mouse deer in forests of Gariyaband district "with photographic evidence", during phase IV Tiger monitoring programme conducted by Nova Nature Welfare Society. This creature is the smallest descendent of ungulate species (deer specie)..