“Is that a mouse, dear?” asked the wife.
“No,” the husband answered, “it’s a mouse deer.”
While this conversation can’t be reported as verbatim, it could well have taken place because mother mouse deer Brienne and proud papa mouse deer Jorah welcomed a new addition to their family a little over a month ago.
Proving the adage that good things come in small packages, the bouncing baby lesser Malaysian mouse deer fawn is the height of a standard pencil.
It’s only the second of its species to be born at the Bristol Zoo in the past 10 years. (Its predecessor, a female named Missandei was sent to the Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands to participate in the breeding program there.)
SWNS
A husband and wife were taking in the sights at the Bristol Zoo Gardens when they came upon a tiny creature that stood about eight inches tall, had round dark button eyes, and delicate shell-pink pointed ears.
âIs that a mouse, dear?â asked the wife.
âNo,â the husband answered, âitâs a mouse deer.â
While this conversation canât be reported as verbatim, it could well have taken place because mother mouse deer Brienne and proud papa mouse deer Jorah welcomed a new addition to their family a little over a month ago.
Proving the adage that good things come in small packages, the bouncing baby lesser Malaysian mouse deer fawn is the height of a standard pencil.
A tiny mouse deer has been born to first-time mother Brienne at Bristol Zoo Gardens during the third national lockdown. Despite its deceivingly long legs, the delicate lesser Malayan mouse deer stands at around 20cm (8 inches) tall to its shoulder - around the same height as a standard pencil. When it is fully grown, the infant will weigh around 1.5kg (around 3lbs). The infant, whose gender is not yet known, was born almost a month ago inside their enclosure alongside the Zoo’s Livingstone’s fruit bats. It is the second to be born at the Zoo in the past decade. In 2020, a female named Missandei was born and moved on to Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands to continue the breeding programme for the species.
An adorable Malayan mouse deer that s the same height as a pencil has been born at Bristol Zoo.
The tiny creature has deceivingly long legs, but stands at just 20cm (eight inches) tall to its shoulder.
And it won t get much bigger - experts predict that even when it is fully grown, the infant will weigh just 1.5kg (around 3lbs).
Its gender remains unclear and it is yet to be named, but it is only the second to be born at the zoo in the past decade.
The tiny creature has deceivingly long legs, but stands at just 20cm (eight inches) tall to its shoulder