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CHITAL FACTS |
Description
The Chital is a reddish deer with white spots from the neck to the rump and down onto the hind thighs. There is a dark stripe down the back. The underside is whitish. The inside legs and underside of the tail are also white. Males are darker and have antlers with 3 points (tines) that can grow to 80cm long. The white body spots are lined up in rows along the length of the body.
Other Names
Spotted Deer, Axis Deer
Size
Length: 1.3m - 1.9m. Tail length: 25cm. Weight 50kg - 80kg
Habitat
grassy dry open forest
Food
Chital feed in evening and night on grasses, leaves, berries, fruit, flowers.
Breeding
One to three (usually 2) fawns born after a gestation period of 7.5 months
Range
Native to India and Ceylon. In Australia there is a feral population around Maryvale Creek west of Townsville, Queensland.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Artiodactyla | | Family: | Cervidae | | Genus: | Axis | | Species: | axis | | Common Name: | Chital |
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