Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis)

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Cervus axis - 1851-1876 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ21500328.jpg

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Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis)

Cervus axis
Date 1851-1876
Source/Photographer Chenu, Encyclopédie d'histoire naturelle
Old Latin name Cervus axis
New Latin name Axis axis
Common name Nederlands: Axishert
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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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