Axis porcinus (Zimmermann 1780)

[Cervus] porcinus Zimmermann 1780, Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 131.

Type Locality: No locality given, based on captive in Bengal; "Indo-Gangetic Plain of India " (Lydekker, 1915:56); here restricted to India, West Bengal.

Vernacular Names: Hog Deer.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Axis porcinus subsp. porcinus Zimmermann 1780

Subspecies Axis porcinus subsp. annamiticus Heude 1888

Distribution: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), N India, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced?), and S Vietnam; introduced to S Australia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as Cervus porcinus annamiticus; U.S. ESA – Endangered as Axis porcinus annamiticus; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as A. p. porcinus, Data Deficient as A. p. annamiticus.

Discussion: Cervus porcinus Zimmermann, 1777, is not an available name as it was published in an unavailable work (Spec. Zool. Geogr., p. 532): see Hemming (1950:547).