Axis (genus) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Axis (genus)
Axis axis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Cervinae
Genus:	Axis Smith, 1827
Type species
Cervus axis Erxleben, 1777
Species
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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

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. These four species are divided into two subgenera; Axis containing the chital, and Hyelaphus containing the 3 others.

Image	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

See also

In Spanish: Axis (género) para niños