
The Sri Lankan axis deer or Ceylon spotted deer is a subspecies of axis deer that inhabits only Sri Lanka. The name chital is not used in Sri Lanka. Its validity is disputed, and some maintain that the axis deer is monotypic .
Similar species: Even-toed Ungulates

By Bagerathan Sivarajah
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Uploaded Apr 14, 2014. Captured Apr 13, 2014 08:26 in Kukulkatuwa Road, Sri Lanka.