Axis calamianensis Heude 1888

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 : 661

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scientific name	Axis calamianensis Heude 1888
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Treatment

Axis calamianensis Heude 1888 , Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin., 2: 49.

Type Locality: Philippines, "l'ile Calamian et l'isle de la Paragua [= Palawan Isl.]"; restricted to Calamian Isls, Culion Isl (Lydekker, 1915:59).

Vernacular Names: Calamian Deer.

Distribution: Philippines, Calamian Isls (Busuanga, Calauit, Culion and some smaller Isls). Not recorded from Palawan and Heude did not have material from Palawan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered as A. porcinus calamianensis ; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Included in A. porcinus by Haltenorth (1963), but treated as a full species by Groves and Grubb (1987).