A group of teeny tiny mouse-deer in the family Tragulidae numbers 10 species that live in warmer parts of Southeast Asia, India, and Africa. They are small, delicate, and extremely elusive: they are ...

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The paper calls on scientists to design more rigorous studies that track behaviour over much longer periods, rather than relying on short-term observations to assess animal personality.