The chital deer, also known as the spotted deer, chital deer, or axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, a German naturalist, was the first to describe it in 1777. The spotted deer, or Chital, is the most common deer species in Indian forests. It is native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely distributed in Asia, especially in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and a small group in Pakistan. It stands at about 35 inches tall and weighs about 187 pounds. The Spotted Deer, also known as the Axis Deer or the Chital, is native to the grasslands and forests of India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It is the most common form of deer species that is found in the Indian subcontinent. The Spotted Deer is a medium sized animal with a reddish-brown coat with a white underbelly. The prominent features of these deer are the white spots that are seen all over their body, hence the name. Spotted Deer are herbivorous in nature and are ... chital, (Cervus axis, sometimes Axis axis), Asiatic deer, belonging to the family Cervidae (order Artiodactyla). It lives in grasslands and forests in India and Sri Lanka in herds of up to 100 or more.
