Axis Deer Skull

AXIS DEER

Axis axis

  
PAGE INDEX
1. Male, lateral view
2. Female, lateral view 
3. Antler
4. Details
5. Web Links

Also known as the Chital, from the Indian subcontinent, introduced elsewhere.

TAXONOMY
Order - Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed)
Suborder - Ruminantia ("cud-chewers")
Family - Cervidae (deer)

Dental Formula : 0.0.3.3 / 3.1.3.3 (canines incisiform)

1. Axis Deer Skull, male, lateral view.
3. (right) Antler of this male.

2. Axis Deer Skull, female, lateral view.

Image 1 & 3

Axis Deer Axis axis

Sex - male

Stage - adult

Area collected - USA, captive bred

Source - Courtesy of private collector

Overall length

266mm

Overall width

125mm

Image 2

Axis Deer Axis axis

Sex - female

Stage - adult

Area collected - USA, captive bred

Source - Courtesy of Joey Williams, Skull Collector Extraordinaire

Overall length

226mm

Overall width

98mm

Scientific Name : axis - Supposedly Pliny's name for this species.

	1. Axis Deer Skull, male, lateral view. 3. (right) Antler of this male.
	2. Axis Deer Skull, female, lateral view.