water chevrotain (English spelling) waterchevrotain

Japanese: water chevrotain(英語表記)waterchevrotain
water chevrotain (English spelling) waterchevrotain

...The stomach is divided into four chambers for rumination, but the third stomach is very small and appears to be three chambers. The largest species in Africa is the water chevrotain ( Hyemoschus aquaticus ) (illustration), which is 75-85 cm long and weighs 10-15 kg. It lives in the lowland forests from Sierra Leone to western Uganda. The body is deep brown, with many white spots lined up horizontally on the back, and two to three white lines on the sides of the body from the chin to the side of the neck and from the shoulders to the buttocks. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "water chevrotain" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…胃は4室に分かれ反芻(はんすう)するが,第3胃がごく小さく3室に見える。 アフリカには最大種のミズマメジカHyemoschus aquaticus(英名water chevrotain)(イラスト)1属1種があるのみで,体長75~85cm,体重10~15kgで,シエラレオネからウガンダ西部の低地の森林に生息する。体は深い褐色で,背には多くの白点が横に並び,あごから首の横,肩からしりにかけての体側に2~3本の白線がある。…

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