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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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