Calamian Deer

Calamian Deer

Taxobox
name = Calamian Deer
status = EN
status_system = iucn3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
subordo = Ruminantia
familia = Cervidae
subfamilia = Cervinae
genus = "Axis"
species = "A. calamianensis"
binomial = "Axis calamianensis"
binomial_authority = (Heude, 1888)
The Calamian Deer, "Axis calamianensis" also known as Calamian Hog Deer is a species of deer found only in the Calamian Group of Islands of Palawan province of the Philippines. It is one of three species of deer native to the Philippines.

A typical height for males of 60-65cm has been reported. Males have three-tined antlers.

Unlike the hog deer ("Axis porcinus") of the Asian mainland, their fawns are not spotted at birth.

There are few natural predators except for birds of prey and pythons.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered

See also

* Hog deer ("Axis porcinus")
* Bawean deer ("Axis kuhlii")


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