A small deer without antlers, the male having a pair of tusks, native to China and Korea.
Hydropotes inermis, family Cervidae
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We also had extensive woodland, with tiny Chinese water deer in it, but only twice did we see them.
Britain's deer population is made up of six different species, native types such as the red deer and roe deer, as well as species which have been introduced: sika, muntjac, Chinese water deer and the fallow deer.
The Chinese water deer used to be widely distributed in East Asia but is now found only in east China and Korea.
I decided that it must either be a muntjac or a Chinese water deer, but have ruled out the latter, because as can be seen above the Chinese water deer's hind legs are noticeably longer than its forelegs.