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Axis Deer Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777)

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Abstract

The earliest known fossils of Axis are dated to the late Miocene in China. The axis deer is usually considered monotypic (Fig. 1). The monophyly of Axis (besides the chital, there are three other acknowledged species: A. calamianensis, A. kuhlii, and A. porcinus) has been corroborated by recent molecular and morphological phylogenetic studies. There seems to be a sister group relationship between Axis on the one hand and the barasingha Rucervus duvaucelii and the extinct Schomburgk’s deer Rucervus schomburgki on the other, to the exclusion of Eld’s deer which is usually also classified in this genus Rucervus eldii (Gilbert et al. 2006; Hassanin et al. 2012; Heckeberg et al. 2016; Mennecart et al. 2017; but see Price et al. 2005 for a somewhat different phylogeny).

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their gratitude to Damir Ugarković, Stefano Mattioli, and Luca Corlatti for suggestions and improvement of this chapter, and to Igor Ilić–Serval for providing the photographs.

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  1. Department of Fisheries, Apiculture, Wildlife management and special Zoology, University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Zagreb, Croatia

    Nikica Šprem

  2. Mammal Collection, Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Frank E. Zachos

  3. Department of Integrative Zoology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Frank E. Zachos

  4. Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

    Frank E. Zachos

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Šprem, N., Zachos, F.E. (2020). Axis Deer Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777). In: Hackländer, K., Zachos, F. (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_22-2

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