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Chinese Water Deer

Hydropotes inermis inermis

Classification

Family
Cervidae

The water deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a small deer species native to Korea and China. It has prominent tusks, unlike all other living true deer. It was first described to the Western world by Robert Swinhoe in 1870.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 35