Axis (genus)

Axis
	Axis axis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Genus:	Axis; Smith, 1827
Species
	See text

Axis is a genus of deer occurring in South and Southeast Asia. As presently defined by most authorities, four species are placed in the genus.

Species[]

Following the third edition of Mammal Species of the World from 2005, which is also followed by the American Society of Mammalogists, four species are placed in Axis.^[1]^[2] These four species are divided into two subgenera; Axis containing the chital, and Hyelaphus containing the 3 others.^[1]

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
Axis axis	Chital, spotted deer, or axis deer	Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka
Axis calamianensis	Calamian deer	Calamian Islands in Palawan, the Philippines
Axis kuhlii	Bawean deer or Kuhl's deer	Bawean Island in Indonesia
Axis porcinus	Hog deer	northern plains of Indian subcontinent to Myanmar, parts of Indochina

References[]

^ ^a ^b Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-08-28

[msw3-1] Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[2] Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-08-28

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