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 15, 2014. Captured Apr 13, 2014 15:30 in Kukulkatuwa Road, Sri Lanka.
