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The chital (or cheetal) deer (Axis axis), also known as the spotted deer or axis deer is a deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and most of India. Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Nepal (नेपाल) is a Landlocked country in South Asia. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country It is the most common deer species in Indian forests. Its coat is reddish fawn, marked with white spots, and its underparts are white. Its antlers, which it sheds annually, are usually three-pronged and curve in a lyre shape and may extend to 75 cm. The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in Classical Antiquity and later It has a protracted breeding season due in part to the tropical climate, and births can occur throughout the year. For this reason, males do not have their antler cycles in synchrony and there are some fertile females at all times of the year. Males sporting hard antlers are dominant over those in velvet or those without antlers, irrespective of their size and other factors. A chital stands about 90 cm tall at the shoulder and masses about 85 kg. Lifespan is around 20-30 years.
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Ecology and lifestyle
Chital most commonly occur in herds of ten to fifty individuals, with one or two stags and a number of females and young. A deer is a Ruminant Mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. They are often fairly tolerant of approach by humans and vehicles, especially where they are accustomed to human disturbance. They do not occur at higher elevation forests where they are usually replaced by other species such as the Sambar deer. Chital eat primarily grasses and vegetation, but also eat their shed antlers as a source of nutrients. Grass is the common word that generally describes Monocotyledonous green Plants The family Gramineae ( Poaceae) are the "true grasses" and include Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region it refers to the Ground cover provided by plants
Interspecies interaction
An interesting relationship has been observed between herds of chital and troops of the Northern Plains Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus), a widespread leaf-eating monkey taxon of South Asia. Chital apparently benefit from the langurs' good eyesight and ability to post a lookout in a treetop, helping to raise the alarm when a predator approaches. For the langurs' part, the chital's superior sense of smell would seem to assist in early predator warning, and it is common to see langurs foraging on the ground in the presence of chital. The chital also benefit from fruits dropped by the langurs from trees such as Terminalia bellerica and Phyllanthus emblica. Beleric, also known as the bastard myrobalan, Terminalia bellerica, is a large deciduous tree common on plains and lower hills in Southeast Asia Amla redirects here For the cricketer see Hashim Amla. The Indian gooseberry ( Phyllanthus emblica, syn [1] Alarm calls of either species can be indicative of the presence of a predator such as a tiger. In the field of Animal communication, an alarm signal is an Antipredator adaptation referring to various signals emitted by social Animals in response The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris or Panthera tigris bengalensis) is a Subspecies of Tiger primarily
Miscellaneous
The Chital is called Jinke in Kannada, Pulli Maan in Tamil, Duppi in Telugu, Phutuki Horin in Assamese and Hiran in Hindi (ultimately derived from Harini, the Sanskrit root word for 'deer'). It has been introduced to Queensland, Australia, Point Reyes National Seashore near San Francisco, California, Texas and Florida as well as Hawaii in the United States. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Point Reyes National Seashore is 70000 acre (283 km² park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County California, USA. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
It is hunted for sport and its meat and hide in the United States. Axis meat is 99. 8% fat free - making it the leanest meat of any mammal. The taste of the meat is very close to good beef.
See also
References
- ^ Prasad, S. The Sri Lankan axis deer ( Axis axis ceylonensis) or Ceylon Spotted Deer is a subspecies of Axis deer ( Axis axis) that inhabits only Sri ; R. Chellam; J. Krishaswamy & S. P. Goyal (2004) Frugivory of Phyllanthus emblica at Rajaji National Park, northwest India. Current Science 87(9):1188-1190 pdf
- Deer Specialist Group (1996). Axis axis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
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