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[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Their name also kind of sounds like a middle of the pack car brand

[-] Colonel_Panic_@lemm.ee 33 points 2 weeks ago

My chevrotain has about 10,000 miles on it, which doesn't sound like much until you realize it's only 4 inches tall, but it's reliable and gets me where I want to go, which is home, because I don't want to be around people.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 14 points 2 weeks ago

Probably more etymologically so as you might expect.

You're probably thinking of Chevrolet, which is derived from chevreuil, french for a deer.

[-] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 7 points 2 weeks ago

You joke, but in Malaysia, they do have a car named after the local word for mouse deers, kancil (the "c" is pronounced as a "ch"). I learned to drive in one of those.looks like this

[-] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't believe this was real. Looked it up. Here's a cool video. Don't worry, the chevrotain wins this one.

https://youtu.be/A4ovD1z-7LQ

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

They are even cuter in motion.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Wow. The chevrotain is much larger than I imagined it. I love how elegant it moves through the forest and the water. Is it me, or does its tail almost look flat like a beavers? And they use it to help guide themselves under water?

[-] Hello_Kitty_enjoyer@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

The Telugu name for the Indian spotted chevrotain is jarini pandi, which literally means "a deer and a pig".
In Kannada, it is called barka (ಬರ್ಕ)
in Malayalam, it is called കൂരമാൻ kūramān
the Konkani name for it is barinka.
The Tamil term is சருகு மான் sarukumāṉ "leaf-pile deer".
The Sinhala name meeminna roughly translates to "mouse-like deer". This was used in the scientific name of the Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain, M. meminna.

[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I am almost 40 years old yet each year I learn of a new animal that makes me go "what the fuck is that"

[-] essell@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, that is how I draw a dog. What are you saying?

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