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Chital
Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)
Also calledAksis (pol) · Aksis (lit) · Aksis Geyiği (tur) · Aksis czytal (pol) · Aksishirv (est) · Aksishirvi (fin) · Aksishjort (nor) · Axis (cat) · Axis indický (ces) · Axishert (nld) · Axishirsch (deu) · Axishjort (dan) · Axishjort (swe) · Benekli geyik (tur)
First described in: Syst. Regn. Anim. vol.1 p.312
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
eunis habitat
Woodland and forest habitats and other wooded land (G level 1)
DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: India (incl. Sikkim); Sri Lanka; Nepal; introduced to the former Yugoslavia, republics of the former W USSR (still extant?), Andaman Isis, Australia, Hawaiian Isis and Texas (USA), Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
Order Artiodactyla
activity
Activity patterns. Active mainly around dawn and dusk, with two major resting periods, one before dawn and the other at midday.
Cervidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Chital are typical of the grassland-forest ecotone. They prefer moist and dry forest areas adjoining grassland or scrubland; they are also present in swampy meadows close to forests, riparian forests, and teak plantations. They tend to avoid dense forests and mountains.
Cervidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Axis axis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2440934.