water deer
hydropotes inermis latin

Water Deer live alone, but sometimes they form small groups.

Chinese water deer were first introduced into Great Britain in the 1870s.

Water deer are capable of emitting a number of sounds.

When the young Water Deer are 6 months old they are independent and leave their mothers.

Water deer are proficient swimmers, and can swim several miles to reach remote river islands.

A Water Deer baby has white dots and stripes on its fur, which disappear after 8 weeks.

The Water Deer has yellowish-brown fur, with a white chin and throat.

The Chinese water deer, an escapee from zoos and parks, occurs in five English countries.

Apart from during the rutting season, water deer are solitary animals, and males are highly territorial.

Mating among water deer is polygynous, with most females being mated inside the buck's own territory.

Water deer have been known to produce up to seven young, but two to three is normal for this species, the most prolific of all deer.

The Water Deer originally lived in China and Korea.

Water Deer live close to water: in swamps and on the shores of rivers and lakes.

Despite all findings of Goethean science water deer use their tusks for territorial fights and are not related to carnivores.

Water Deer eat grasses and reeds.

The species is not native, but a few small deer farms in the southeastern United States have successfully bred water deer.

Further surveys have also found 26 species of mammals, including otter, pipistrelle bats and introduced species such as the Chinese water deer.

Some British small deer specialist hunters use the 5.6x57mm with great success on roe, muntjac and Chinese water deer.

Male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer) and also female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year.

The bark is used as an alarm, and water deer will bark repeatedly at people and at each other for reasons unknown.

Water deer (Hydropotes inermis).

The water deer has narrow pectoral and pelvic girdles, long legs, and a long, graceful neck.

With the exception of the Chinese Water Deer, which have tusks, all male deer have antlers.

The water deer have developed long canine teeth which protrude from the upper jaw like the canines of musk deer.

Mizu no Shika (Water Deer)

Water deer (Hydropotes inermis).

The Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) is an even-toed ungulate mammal of the deer family.

The water deer (Hydropotes inermis), also known as the vampire deer, is a small deer superficially more similar to a musk deer than a true deer.