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water_deer
📅 Updated:2020-02-08
🕒 Created:2016-08-29
🆔 ID:12964
Description
Hyrdopotinae is a small subfamily of the cervidae family specific to the water deer, containing only a single species with two subspecies. Uniquely, this deer sports a pair of fang-like tusks rather than the antlers deer are typically known for. The subspecies are listed below.
Not to be confused with musk deer.
Genera and (sub)species:
- cervid
- hydropotinae
- hydropotes (inermis)
- chinese_water_deer (H. i. inermis)
- korean_water_deer (H. i. argyropus)
- hydropotes (inermis)
- hydropotinae
More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_deer
