Hydropotes inermis subsp. inermis Swinhoe 1870
Hydropotes inermis subsp. inermis Swinhoe 1870, Athenaeum, 2208: 264.
Type Locality: Syntypes purchased in Shanghai market, but based on the place where Swinhoe saw the species in the wild, type locality restricted to China, Kiangsu, Chingkiang, Yangtze River, Deer Isl (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:354).