[Malay kanchil, kanchīl.] The smallest known species of chevrotain (Tragulus Kanchil), found in the forests of Borneo, Java and Malacca.
1820. Sir S. Raffles, in Trans. Linn. Soc. (1822), XIII. 263. It is a common Malay proverb to designate a great rogue, to be as cunning as a Kanchil.
1885. Stand. Nat. Hist., V. 287. The commonest species, the Kanchil of the Malays.
