Lost species of fanged 'mouse deer' spotted for first time in 30 years

A lost species known as the “mouse deer’” has been spotted for the first time since 1990. The “shy and solitary” silver-backed chevrotain, which is the size of a rabbit and has two tiny fangs, was last recorded more than 25 years ago. It was since thought to have been lost by snare poaching in Vietnam. The discovery, published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, was made by a team of researchers who set up a series of “camera traps” for f