Indian spotted deer, chital (Axis axis) Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, INDIA
Scanned Slide from February 1994
Date 1 February 1994, 00:00
Source Chitals (Axis axis) doe and fawn
Author Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chitals_(Axis_axis)_doe_and_fawn_(19723516843).jpg
The chital or cheetal or spotted deer or axis deer (Axis axis) is a deer found in the Indian subcontinent. Axis deer is sexually dimorphic: males are larger than females, and antlers are present only on males. The upper parts are golden to rufous, completely covered in white spots.