Poole, Karen E.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- Family
- Cervidae
- Collections
- CMNH, UNSM, UCMP, MVZ, USNM, MSU
- Recorded in
- United States, Locality Unknown, India, Indonesia, Unknown Or Invalid
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Axis
- taxon name
- Axis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Axis
- taxon author citation
- Smith, 1827
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Three of the four species are called hog deer. The genus name is a word mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History.
Species
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