Walking along the outskirts of a village in northeastern India, a pair of scientists found a 4-foot-long creature lying there ...

This creature these fossils belonged to was no bigger than a domestic cat and had possibly looked like a chevrotain, or mouse-deer, when it was alive, sporting a long snout and tail, with hooves.

is characterized by its “long and pointed, diamond-shaped” snout and is smaller than other similar species, according to a study published June 8 in Zootaxa. Photos of the creature show its ...