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Chital

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Chital
Axis axis
A large spotted deer living in small groups in the woodlands of India and Sri Lanka.
Subspecies
2 subspecies.

 


The Name "Chital": "Chital" is a Hindi word for "spotted." "Axis" is an unknown word, but possibly comes from an Indian word for the animal. "Deer" comes from the German word "Tier," which simply means "animal."
Location: India and Sri Lanka.

Chital (A. axis) Â- Hog deer (A. porcinus) Â- Calamian Deer (A. calamianensis) Â- Bawean Deer (A. kuhlii)
Elaphurus
Père David's Deer (E. davidianus) ...

Diet: Chital, wild boar, monkeys, gaur, buffalo.
Call: Roar, growl, or purr.
Lifespan: 15 years under normal conditions.

Odocoileus virginianus White-tailed deer Ozotoceros Ozotoceros bezoarticus Pampas deer Pudu Pudu mephistophiles Northern pudu Pudu puda Southern pudu Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Caribou, reindeer Subfamily Cervinae Axis Axis axis Axis deer, Chital ...

clown knife (Notopterus chitala)
clown loach (Botia macracanthus)
cobalt discus (Symphysodon discus)
convict (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum)
Cory Cat (Corydoras sp.)
discus (Symphysodon discus)
dwarf cockatoo cichlid (Apistogramma cacatuoides) ...

There are six species of deer in Australia; fallow (Cervus [Dama] dama), red or wapiti (Cervus elaphus); hog (Cervus [Axis] porcinus); chital, axis or spotted deer (Cervus [Axis] axis); Timor or rusa (Cervus timorensis) and sambar (Cervus unicolor).

Native to India, where it is known as the "chital," the axis deer was introduced into Texas about 1932. In 1988, free-ranging herds were established in 27 counties of central and southern Texas.

Diet: Tigers prey primarily on wild boar (Sus scrofa) and other swine, and medium to large deer such as chital (Axis axis), red deer (Cervus elaphus), and sambar (C. unicolor).

A few of the larger species, especially Chitala chitala, are food fish and occasionally aquarium pets.
There are eight species in four genera:
Genus Chitala ...

These include sambar, chital, swamp deer, red deer, rusa deer and wild boar. It will also take young elephants and rhinos and smaller species such as monkeys, birds, reptiles and fish.

Bengal tigers hunt medium-sized and large-sized animals, such as wild boar (an omnivorous mammal), sambar (a kind of deer), barasingha (a kind of deer), chital (a spotted deer), nilgai (an antelope), gaur (a large ox of South Asia) and water buffalo.

As a general rule, the molars, and more especially the first, are partially brachyodont (short-crowned); although they are taller in the chital (Cervus axis).

See also: Deer, Hog, Boar, Red Deer, Gaur