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There are two subspecies: the Chinese water deer (H. i. inermis) and the Korean water deer (H. i. argyropus).The water deer is superficially more similar to a musk deer than a true deer; despite anatomical peculiarities, including a pair of prominent tusks (downward-pointing canine teeth) and its lack of antlers, it is classified as a cervid.
Six species of deer are living wild in Great Britain: [1] Scottish red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, sika deer, Reeves's muntjac, and Chinese water deer. [2] Of those, Scottish red and roe deer are native and have lived in the isles throughout the Holocene.
A second re-introduction into China was conducted in 1986 where 36 Père David's deer were chosen from five UK zoological gardens with the bulk of the deer coming from Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in Bedfordshire. These deer were introduced into Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve, near the Yellow Sea coast in eastern China. In 2006 the ...
Red deer successfully introduced to North America, Australia, New Zealand, South America, and Africa; Chinese water deer successfully introduced to British Isles and France [18] Reeve's muntjac successfully introduced to British Isles and Asia [19] Indian hog deer unsuccessfully introduced to USA and Australia [20]
Family: Cervidae (deer) Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus LC [63] Siberian roe deer, Capreolus pygargus LC, [64] introduced, extirpated [65] [66] Red deer, Cervus elaphus LC [67] Scottish red deer, C. e. scoticus; Sika deer, Cervus nippon LC introduced [68] European fallow deer, Dama dama LC introduced [69] Water deer, Hydropotes inermis VU ...
Known as “vampire” deer due to their sharp set of “fangs,” the Chinese water deer are a vulnerable species and are being cared for by zookeepers around the clock to protect them from ...
Sika deer, Cervus nippon LC (introduced) Chinese water deer, Hydropotes inermis VU (Britain, introduced) Chinese muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi LC (Britain, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, introduced) White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus LC (introduced; Finland, Czechia)
Although found elsewhere in the UK, no wild populations of Chinese water deer and no or very few Chinese muntjac exist in Scotland. It has isolated populations of feral goats Capra hircus and feral sheep (Ovis aries), [24] such as the herd of 1,000 Soay sheep on St Kilda. [50]