The Formosan Barking Deer (Reeve’s muntjac/muntiacus reevesi/) live in the mountain forests under 3000m, and grow to less than a meter high. Its characteristic, high-pitched, ‘bark’ is not unlike the domestic dog – thus the name.

Some years ago a group of us, lost deep in the mountains, were saved (well…that’s what we have concluded) by following the tracks of this delightful dwarfy herbivore.

Cute animals....and tasty too! But please, if you are hungry, ensure the meat comes via a farm not a nature reserve. Available at Hudlavoos, Tainan’s excellent aboriginal bar, and its partner, Hudlanoom restaurant/coffee shop.

Our four-legged friends are pleased to know that we two-legged beasts have off-set our carbon footprint through participation in a local reforestation program.