Show smallest ot of deer family the or chinese barking deer is the smallest member of the deer family says a writer in the los angeles times its stature is no higher than that of a medium sized dog they come in t two to o sizes one is called a chinese barking deer the other type grows about six inches higher and has some markings of white an inhabitant of southern and eastern asia these little reddish brown creatures scurry over the ground in a frightened fashion the name was given them by sportsmen of india because of the sharp barking cry they give when alarmed like their larger brother the bucks have a small set of antlers anglers ant lers which when fully grown have branches that curve inward and downward at the tip |