Hydropotes inermis Swinhoe, 1870
(Chinese Water Deer)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHydropotes inermis (Chinese Water Deer)
FamilyCERVIDAE (deer, buck)
OrderARTIODACTYLA (even-toed ungulates)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Dansie, O. Cooke, A. & Farrell, L. 1983 Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer 43pp, The British Deer Society
Downing, S., Ames, V., Wade, M. & McKee, K. Chinese Water Deer
Janes, E.A. 2005 Chinese Water Deer Vol 16, No 3 Page: 196

Hydropotes inermis (Chinese Water Deer) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hydropotes inermis (Chinese Water Deer)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hydropotes inermis (Chinese Water Deer)
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