Tim May 10 May 2013 Hix said: That head looks rather large, even cartoonish. Click to expand... I think that the large looking head is simply due to the angle from which the photograph was taken. FBBird said: Is this animal over-stuffed? I've only seen Mouse-deer, but they're nothing like as fat as this, head or body. Click to expand... I agree that this specimen does look rather too bulky; it’s certainly much heftier than the African water chevrotain from the Brussels Museum on the link below:- http://www.zoochat.com/683/african-water-chevrotain-natural-history-museum-150577/
Hix said: That head looks rather large, even cartoonish. Click to expand... I think that the large looking head is simply due to the angle from which the photograph was taken. FBBird said: Is this animal over-stuffed? I've only seen Mouse-deer, but they're nothing like as fat as this, head or body. Click to expand... I agree that this specimen does look rather too bulky; it’s certainly much heftier than the African water chevrotain from the Brussels Museum on the link below:- http://www.zoochat.com/683/african-water-chevrotain-natural-history-museum-150577/