Axis Gray 1825 (deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Synonym: Cervavus Schlosser 1903

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344

Parent taxon: Cervini according to P. Mackiewicz et al. 2022

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Grubb 2000, Petronio et al. 2007 and Schlosser 1903

Sister taxa: Bohlinella, Cervus, Dama, Elaphurus, Panolia, Rucervus, Rusa

Subtaxa: Axis (Axis) Axis (Hyelaphus) Axis axis Axis kuhlii Axis porcinus Cervavus oweni Cervavus rutimeyeri Cervavus speciosus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), India (4), Italy (1), Laos (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (3)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of China (1), Tajikistan (1)

• Miocene of China (1)

Total: 15 collections including 19 occurrences

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