Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis)

Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis)

Fig. 178. -- Skull and horns of Cervus axis (horns after Forsyth).

Skull and antlers of an axis deer
Date 1888
Source Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Mammalia
Author William Thomas Blanford, 1832-1905
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6._antlers_axis.png

The chital or cheetal or spotted deer or axis deer (Axis axis) is a deer found in the Indian subcontinent. Axis deer is sexually dimorphic: males are larger than females, and antlers are present only on males. The upper parts are golden to rufous, completely covered in white spots.


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Description		Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis) Fig. 178. -- Skull and horns of Cervus axis (horns after Forsyth). Skull and antlers of an axis deer Date 1888 Source Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Mammalia Author William Thomas Blanford, 1832-1905 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6._antlers_axis.png The chital or cheetal or spotted deer or axis deer (Axis axis) is a deer found in the Indian subcontinent. Axis deer is sexually dimorphic: males are larger than females, and antlers are present only on males. The upper parts are golden to rufous, completely covered in white spots.

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