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Water deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a deer species from the deer family (Cervidae). With its superficial features, it is more like a musk deer. Despite having downwardly extended canines instead of horns and other anatomical abnormalities, they are classified in the deer family. Due to these unique features, it is classified into a genus of its own (Hydropotes) and a subfamily (Hydropotinae) of its own. Native to China and Korea, there are two subspecies of water deer: