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Hog Deer

Hog Deer
:Animalia
:Chordata
:Mammalia
:Artiodactyla
:Cervidae
:Axis
:porcinus
Binomial name
Axis porcinus
Zimmermann, 1780

The Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) is small deer whose habitat ranges from Pakistan, through northern India, to Myanmar, with a secondary range in southeast Asia. It gets its name from the hog-like manner in which it runs through the forests with its head hung low so that it can duck under obstacles instead of leaping over them like most other deer.

07-10-2008 09:35:13
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