Chinese Water Deer
Hydropotes inermis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 1,129
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Water deer”.