Hydropotes inermis

Swinhoe, 1870

Water Deer

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Capreolini
Genus : Hydropotes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Athenaeum, 2208, 264

Original name as described

Hydropotes inermis

Other common names

Chinese Water Deer · Vampire Deer

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1870.7.18.15 (= BMNH:Mamm:1551a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9114b5e-cc37-4953-88af-2713c2666cad

Type locality

Yangtze River (China).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · North Korea · South Korea

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006288

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hydropotes inermis

Swinhoe, 1870

Family

Cervidae

Root name

inermis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1870.7.18.15 (= BMNH:Mamm:1551a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9114b5e-cc37-4953-88af-2713c2666cad

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1872:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707862) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  7. Groves & Grubb (2011:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10329/22163569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hydropotes affinis

Brooke, 1872

Family

Cervidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28611926

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hydropotes inermis argyropus

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

argyropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hydropotes inermis inermis

Grubb, 2005

Family

Cervidae

Root name

inermis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Hydropotes argyropus

Heude, 1884

Family

Cervidae

Root name

argyropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1017

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Hydropotes kreyenbergi

Hilzheimer, 1905

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kreyenbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

298

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10359662

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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