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).