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Chinese water deer
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Hydropotinae
Species : Hydropotes inermis
The Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a usually solitary animal, besides the rutting months, and a good swimmer. There exist two subspecies: the Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis inermis) and the Korean Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus). Wild populations of escaped water deer live in the United Kingdom and in France. The water deer is considered a primitive member of the Cervidae family (Deer), because buck has large canine teeth and has no antlers, both evolved by other deer.
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The Chinese water deer is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Chinese water deer
A young / baby of a Chinese water deer is called a 'fawn or ass'. The females are called 'doe, hind or cow' and males 'buck, stag or bull'. A Chinese water deer group is called a 'herd'.
Facts about the Chinese water deer
The Chinese Water deer is an intermediate species between the Muntjac and Roe deer.
The Chinese Water Deer is the least common of our wild deer population and it is often said we know little about it.
Geographic Range The Chinese water deer is found in the lower Yangtze Basin of east-central China and in Korea. (Full text)
The Chinese water deer is similar to the musk deer in that neither. (Full text)
Hydropotinae Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis)is the sole representative of this primitive subfamily. (Full text)
When a Chinese water deer is disturbed, it humps its back and travels by a series of leaps. (Full text)
The Chinese Water Deer is usually shy and secretive; they usually either live in small groups or alone. (Full text)
The Chinese water deer, Hydropotes inermis, is the single exception. (Full text)
Chinese Water Deer Skull - The Chinese water deer is a small cervid, native to regions of China, Southeast Asia and has been introduced in Europe. (Full text)
Conservation Status The Chinese water deer is a low risk, near threatened species (IUCN, 1996), and is often trapped as a pest in China. (Full text)
(1990) state that Chinese water deer Hydropotes inermis is also present. (Full text)