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Chinese Water Deer

Hydropotes inermis

Classification

Family
Cervidae

The water deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a small deer species native to Korea and China. It has prominent tusks, similar to those of musk deer. It was first described to the Western world by Robert Swinhoe in 1870.

Distribution

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