Axis C. H. Smith 1827

Axis C. H. Smith 1827, in: Griffith et al., Animal Kingdom, Vol. 5: 312.

Type Species: Cervus axis Erxleben 1777

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Axis axis (Erxleben 1777)

Species Axis calamianensis Heude 1888

Species Axis kuhlii Temminck 1836

Species Axis porcinus (Zimmermann 1780)

Subspecies Axis porcinus subsp. porcinus Zimmermann 1780

Subspecies Axis porcinus subsp. annamiticus Heude 1888

Discussion: Treated as a full genus, not a subgenus of Cervus, by Groves and Grubb (1987). Subgenus Axis contains axis only; subgenus Hyelaphus contains calamianensis, kuhlii and porcinus .