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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months 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.