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SPECIES Axis calamianensis
| Author: | Heude, 1888. | | Citation: | Mem. Hist. Nat. Emp. Chin., 2: 49. | | Common Name: | Calamian Deer | | Type Locality: | Philippines, "l'ile Calamian et l'isle de la Paragua [= Palawan Isl.]"; restricted to Calamian Isls, Culion Isl (Lydekker, 1915:59). | | Distribution: | Philippines, Calamian Isls (Busuanga, Calauit, Culion and some smaller Isls). Not recorded from Palawan and Heude did not have material from Palawan. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered as A. porcinus calamianensis; IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Included in A. porcinus by Haltenorth (1963), but treated as a full species by Groves and Grubb (1987). |
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