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{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Chital herd.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Axis axis]]''
| taxon = Axis
| authority = [[Charles Hamilton Smith|Smith]], 1827
| type_species = ''[[Axis axis|Cervus axis]]''
| type_species_authority = Erxleben, 1777
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''''Axis''''' is a genus of [[deer]] occurring in [[South Asia|South]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. As presently defined by most authorities, four species are placed in the genus. Three of the four species are called '''hog deer'''. The genus name is a word mentioned in [[Pliny the Elder]]'s Natural History.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pliny the Elder |title=Natural History |url=https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL353.57.xml?readMode=recto |website=Loeb Classical Library |access-date=30 September 2022 |quote=in India [...] a wild animal, named axis, with the hide of a fawn but with more spots and whiter ones}}</ref>

==Species==
Following the third edition of ''[[Mammal Species of the World]]'' from 2005, which is also followed by the [[American Society of Mammalogists]], four species are placed in ''Axis''.<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|id=14200344}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|publisher=Zenodo|access-date=2021-08-28}}</ref> These four species are divided into two subgenera; ''Axis'' containing the chital, and ''Hyelaphus'' containing the 3 others.<ref name=msw3/>
{| class="wikitable"
!Image
!Scientific name
!Common name
!Distribution
|-
|[[File:Axis axis, spotted deer.jpg|frameless|154x154px]]
|''[[Chital|Axis axis]]''
|Chital, spotted deer, or axis deer
|Indian subcontinent, including Sri Lanka
|-
|[[File:Axis calamianensis.jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|''[[Calamian deer|Axis calamianensis]]''
|Calamian deer
|Calamian Islands in Palawan, the Philippines
|-
|[[File:Male and young Bawean deer (Axis kuhli) is an endemic fauna on Bawean Island. 02.jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|''[[Bawean deer|Axis kuhlii]]''
|Bawean deer or Kuhl's deer
|Bawean Island in Indonesia
|-
|[[File:Hog deer - 1.jpg|frameless|120x120px]]
|''[[Indian hog deer|Axis porcinus]]''
|Hog deer
|northern plains of Indian subcontinent to Myanmar, parts of Indochina
|}

==References==
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{{Artiodactyla|R.1}}

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[[Category:Axis]]
[[Category:Cervines]]
[[Category:Mammal genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Charles Hamilton Smith]]

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