Hog Deer
Axis porcinus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 702
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus), or Indochinese hog deer, is a small cervid native to the region of the Indian subcontinent and Indo-Gangetic Plain. Introduced populations are established in Australia, as well as the United States and Sri Lanka. Its name derives from the hog-like manner in which it runs through forests (with its head hung low), to ease ducking under obstacles instead of leaping over them, like most other deer.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Indian hog deer”.