Spain: Hamster-sized deer born in Andalusia zoo

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Spain: Hamster-sized deer born in Andalusia zoo

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April 24, 2014 at 23:11 GMT +00:00 · Published

Spain: Hamster-sized deer born in Andalusia zoo

Excited locals queued to catch a glimpse of the rare Java mouse-deer, the smallest hoofed animal in the world, at Bioparc Fuengirola zoo in the southern Spanish town of Malaga on Thursday.

The two-week-old deer is the eighth of its kind to be born at the Fuengirola zoo as part of a breeding programme, and weighed around 100 grams (3.5 oz) at birth.

There are currently only 43 Java mouse-deer in Europe, but the rare species is threatened with extinction due to massive deforestation in its home territory of South East Asia.

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Spain: Hamster-sized deer born in Andalusia zoo

Excited locals queued to catch a glimpse of the rare Java mouse-deer, the smallest hoofed animal in the world, at Bioparc Fuengirola zoo in the southern Spanish town of Malaga on Thursday.

The two-week-old deer is the eighth of its kind to be born at the Fuengirola zoo as part of a breeding programme, and weighed around 100 grams (3.5 oz) at birth.

There are currently only 43 Java mouse-deer in Europe, but the rare species is threatened with extinction due to massive deforestation in its home territory of South East Asia.

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