Latin Etymology: Hydropotes ("water drinking") inermis ("unarmed")
Featured Subspecies: Hydropotes inermis inermis (Chinese Water Deer)
Weight: 9-14kg / Length: 77-100cm
UK STATUS NOT EVALUATED/ IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
This small unusual deer species is native to China and Korea - it lacks any antlers at all, but is notable for it's large fang-like tusks, causing it to be classed as belonging to it's own subfamily with Cervidae. Despite it's native habitat of East Asia, it is notably seen in the UK; following escapee's from Woburn and Whipsnade a feral population has sprung uk in the East of England, and continuing to increase.
Related Species:
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Genus: Hydropotes
SUBSPECIES: H. i. inermis, H. i. argyropus
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - An escapee from collections that has gone on to have a breeding population.
- Two at Thornham Harbour
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