Water deer (scientific name: Hydropotes inermis): It is a small deer of Artiodactyla and Cervidae, slightly larger than musk deer, with a body length of 91-kloc-0/03cm, a tail length of 6-7 cm and a weight of 14- 17 kg. Both sexes have no horns, and the canine teeth on the male fish eggs are developed and protrude from the mouth into fangs. No frontal gland, small infraorbital gland. The ears are bigger, the tail is particularly short, and it is covered by the hair on the ass. Hair is thick and brittle. There are linear spots on the coat of young roe, which are arranged vertically.

Habitat in the river bank, lake, lake center of grass beach, reed beach or thatched beach environment, but also live in low hills and island forest edge of grass bushes. Live alone or in pairs, up to 3-5 together.

Actions tend to jump and be quick. Timid by nature, erect ears, sensitive feeling, good at hiding and traveling, it is difficult for people to get close. Males are territorial animals, marking their territory with urine and feces. The staple food is the tender leaves of weeds, juicy and tender roots and leaves of plants.

Protection measures of China roe deer

In the distribution area of roe, there are Yancheng National Nature Reserve, Jiangsu Dafeng Elk National Nature Reserve, Anhui Huangfushan Nature Reserve and Jiangxi Poyang Lake Nature Reserve.

However, including protected areas, it has not been really protected. Because of their high fertility, there is no danger of extinction as long as the environment is not destroyed. For example, there is enough room for manoeuvre between the scattered islands in Zhoushan and the grass beach in Poyang Lake, and you can swim several kilometers between the islands to avoid hunters.

20 1 1 year165438+1October 4th, 8 females and 4 males 12 roe deer settled in Binjiang Forest Park and started the wild training.

There are 37 artificial breeding units in China, which are distributed in Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Sichuan, of which 7 have no breeding license, with a total breeding scale of 19 12 and a planned scale of 37,700.