CHINESE WATER DEER

(Hydropotes inermis), Oriental deer, family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla), native to China and Korea. It frequents marshes, fields, and mountainsides, generally alone. When alarmed, it bounds away like a rabbit. About 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall at the shoulder, it has a coarse, thick coat which is yellowish brown above, white below. The male lacks antlers but has long, curved upper canine teeth that protrude from the mouth.