The yellow-striped chevrotain (''Moschiola kathygre'') is a species of

chevrotain Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are small even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, the only extant members of the infraorder Tragulina. The 10 extant species are placed in three genera, but several species also are known only ...

described in 2005. It is found in the wet zones of

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It was recognized as a species distinct from ''

Moschiola meminna ''Moschiola meminna'' is a species of even-toed ungulate in the chevrotain family (Tragulidae). Particularly in the old literature, ''M. meminna'' often refers to the spotted chevrotains as a whole. Today, the name is increasingly restricted to ...

'' based on the

phylogenetic species concept In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sex ...

Description

Head and body length in the species is typically 43–51 cm. Dorsally, it is a warm yellowish brown in color with at least two light yellow stripes longitudinally along flanks separated by a row of light yellow spots. Two distinct stripes along back plus another below the tail, all are pale yellow in color. Fur is fine and coarse. Tusk-like upper canines are visible in males.

References

Chevrotains Mammals of Sri Lanka Mammals described in 2005 {{eventoedungulate-stub