Reforestation and wild pig decline spark surge in miniature deer in Singapore

Mongabay
Dec 8, 2025, 1:02 pm115 ptsTrending
Rabbit-sized, nocturnal and elusive, the greater mouse-deer hadn’t been seen in Singapore for more than 80 years. Researchers long presumed it was locally extinct. In 2008, however, researchers confirmed sightings of the pint-sized ungulates, Tragulus napu, on Pulau Ubin, a 10-square-kilometer (4-square-mile)…

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