 | Commun name : Hydropote or Water deer
Latin name : Hydropotes inermis (Swinhoe 1870)
Localisation : China, Korea (introduced in UK)
Habitat : river banks with reeds and rushes, grassy area, fields
Size : 1 m length, 45-55 cm high, 9-14 kg
It the is only male cervidae without antlers but with hypertrophied canines. Night creatures. Female can give birth to 4 young in the same season -- a record for the cervidae. To see pictures, click here |
