Hydropotes Swinhoe, 1870 . Athenaeum, 2208:264.

TYPE SPECIES: Hydropotes inermis Swinhoe, 1870 .

SYNONYMS: Hydrelaphus .

COMMENTS: Original description usually given as Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1870:90 [pubi. June, 1870], but McAllan and Bruce (1989) have shown that publication in The Athenaeum was earlier (19 Feb. 1870).