Chinese water deer vs Streamside Swordfern

Hydropotes inermis compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chinese water deer	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Hydropotes	Nephrolepis
Species	Hydropotes inermis	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Chinese water deer

NE — Not Evaluated

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chinese water deer	Streamside Swordfern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chinese water deer

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

Chinese water deer

The Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis) is a species in the genus Hydropotes. Found across Europe (7 countries).