Axis porcinus (Zimmermann 1780)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 662

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[Cervus] porcinus Zimmermann 1780 , Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 131.

Type Locality: No locality given, based on captive in Bengal; "Indo-Gangetic Plain of India " (Lydekker, 1915:56); here restricted to India, West Bengal.

Vernacular Names: Hog Deer.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Axis porcinus subsp. porcinus Zimmermann 1780

Subspecies Axis porcinus subsp. annamiticus Heude 1888

Distribution: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), N India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced?), and S Vietnam; introduced to S Australia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Cervus porcinus annamiticus ; U.S. ESA – Endangered as Axis porcinus annamiticus ; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as A. p. porcinus, Data Deficient as A. p. annamiticus.

Discussion: Cervus porcinus Zimmermann, 1777 , is not an available name as it was published in an unavailable work (Spec. Zool. Geogr., p. 532): see Hemming (1950:547).