🦌Chital
Axishjort (Axis axis) är en art i familjen hjortdjur som förekommer i Indien, södra Nepal och på ön Sri Lanka. Den har en rödbrun päls med vita prickar. Artepitet och släktnamnet axis är antagligen trivialnamnet för detta djur i ett språk som talas i regionen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 46 kg
- Body length
- 1.75 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 21 years
Everything we know about the Chital
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass46 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 36 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length1.75 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass167 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan21 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 21 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length9.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation227 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 226 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.03AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.67 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density8.6 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l46 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Chital yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyCervidae
- ›genusAxis
- ›speciesAxis axis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyCervinae
- genusAxis
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyCervidae
- subfamilyCervinae
- genusAxis
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