Water deer

Water deer
Male water deer at the Whipsnade Zoo
Female and fawn at Hickling, Norfolk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Tribe: Capreolini
Genus: Hydropotes
R. Swinhoe, 1870
Species:
H. inermis
Binomial name
Hydropotes inermis
(R. Swinhoe, 1870)
Range of water deer

The water deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a small deer species native to Korea and China. Its prominent tusks, similar to those of musk deer, have led to both subspecies being colloquially named vampire deer in English-speaking areas to which they have been imported. It was first described to the Western world by Robert Swinhoe in 1870.[2]

  1. ^ Harris, R.B.; Duckworth, J.W. (2015). "Hydropotes inermis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T10329A22163569. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T10329A22163569.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Deer Taxonomy - Discovery & Naming | Wildlife Online". www.wildlifeonline.me.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-18.