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water deer

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q192573

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
H. inermis[10]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6]
Gestation period
+195[19]
Habitat
forest[18]
Has characteristic
viviparity, herbivore, endangered species[7][8][9]
IUCN conservation status
vulnerable[3]
Invasive to
United Kingdom, France, Russia[21][22]
Longest observed lifespan
+13.9[20]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[23]
Parent taxon
Hydropotes[4]
Taxon common name
Water Deer, Chinese Water Deer, Chinese water deer, Wasserreh, Chinesisches Wasserreh, 獐, venáu acuáticu, kitajski močvirski srnjak[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
Taxon name
Hydropotes inermis[5]
Taxon range
Korea, People's Republic of China[24][25]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chinese water deer en water deer en vampire deer en Hydropotes inermis ar أيل الماء cs srnčík čínský de Wasserreh de Hydropotes inermis de Chinesisches Wasserreh de Hydropotinae es Hydroptes es Ciervo acuático chino es Hydropotinae es Venado acuatico chino es Venado acuático chino es Ciervo acuatico chino fa آهوی آب fi Hydropates inermis fi vesikauris fi Vesikauriit
🔖 Identifiers · 43
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hydropotes inermis male.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Hydropotinae
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1006288
BNCF Thesaurus ID
54370
BOLD Systems taxon ID
199230
CalPhotos taxon ID
Hydropotes+inermis
Catalogue of Life ID
6MJGG
Dyntaxa ID
6011560
EASIN ID
R07547
EPPO Code
HPTSIN
EUNIS ID for species
11272
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0003412
Show all 43 identifiers +31
Encyclopedia of Life ID
308404
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/Chinese-water-deer
Fauna Europaea ID
305267
Fauna Europaea New ID
9de228d3-a1a1-4ec1-a678-584c95fd3e24
Fossilworks taxon ID
42676
Freebase ID
/m/05v4pp
GBIF taxon ID
2440931
GT IBMA ID
hydropotes-inermis
GenBank assembly accession number
GCA_020226075.1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
cervol-aquatic
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0168300
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
vannrådyr
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1922724
INaturalist taxon ID
42193
IRMNG ID
10229506
ITIS TSN
625054
IUCN taxon ID
10329
KBpedia ID
WaterDeer
MSW ID
14200463
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000005148
NCBI taxonomy ID
9883
Observation.org taxon ID
84009
Open Tree of Life ID
194504
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
473913
Queensland Biota ID
19651
TAXREF ID
61040
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
8370
Topic's main category
Category:Hydropotes inermis
Vikidia article ID
fr:Cerf_d'eau
Xeno-canto species ID
Hydropotes-inermis
Yale LUX ID
concept/8cf4b88e-1dd2-4d62-bf67-0d57dfb3d319

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🔗 Connections
Has characteristic 3
endangered species, herbivore, viviparity
Invasive to 3
France, Russia, United Kingdom
Taxon range 2
People's Republic of China, Korea
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Habitat 1
forest
IUCN conservation status 1
vulnerable
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Hydropotes
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

water deer is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

France People's Republic of China Russia United Kingdom

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  1. 8w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Hydropotes inermis male.JPG
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: Hydropotes inermis male.JPG"
  2. 17w ago · TadejM · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Hydropotes
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Gestation period → {'amount': '+195'}
    Has characteristic → viviparity, herbivore, endangered species
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: kitajski močvirski srnjak"
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