Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis)

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Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis)

Date 1898
Source The deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidæ living and extinct
Author Richard Lydekker (1849–1915)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_deer_of_all_lands_(1898)_Chital.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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