Axis Deer

The chital or cheetal, also known as the spotted deer, chital deer, and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. It was first described and given a binomial name by German naturalist Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777.

Scientific name: Axis axis

Gestation period: 227 days

Mass: 79 lbs (Adult)

Conservation status: Least Concern

Family: Cervidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Artiodactyla