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GENUS Axis
Author: | C. H. Smith, 1827. | Citation: | In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom, 5: 312. | Type Species: | Cervus axis Erxleben, 1777. | Comments: | Treated as a full genus, not a subgenus of Cervus, by Groves and Grubb (1987). Subgenus Axis contains axis only; subgenus Hyelaphus contains calamianensis, kuhlii and porcinus. |
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