Axis porcinus - #1802
Hog Deer
Adult male in velvet facing camera and reclining. Axis porcinus porcinus, Indian Hog Deer. Also as Hyelaphus porcinus.
Geographic Distribution
Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), N India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced?), and S Vietnam; introduced to S Australia.
Order/Family
Cervidae
Genus
Axis
Specific Epithet
porcinus
Image Location
USA, OK, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma City Zoo
Image Date
June 21, 1991
Photographer
DG Huckaby