Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis). Note rear end and lack of any white area around the very short tail.

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Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis). Note rear end and lack of any white area around the very short tail; helpful identification features in the field to distinguish from other roughly similar sized deer species in UK, Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi - also an introduced Asian species, and slightly larger, the native Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus).

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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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