Chital
species of deer
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Summary
Chital is a taxon[1]. Chital ranks in the top 0.5% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,610 views/month, #980 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Axis[5]
- Taxon name: Axis axis[6]
- Commons category: Axis axis[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Axis axis[8]
- Commons gallery: Axis axis[9]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Otto's encyclopedia[11]
- Original combination: Cervus axis[12]
- This taxon is source of: chital meat[13]
- Short name: A. axis[14]
- Taxon common name: Chital[15], Cerf axis[16], Axis Deer[17], Indian Spotted Deer[18], Spotted Deer[19], Axishirsch[20], aksis czytal[21], czytal[22], aksis[23], jeleń aksis[24], venáu axis[25], čital[26]
- Gestation period: 217 day[27]
- Longest observed lifespan: 20.8 years[28]
- Invasive to: Australia[29]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
- Taxon author citation: (Erxleben, 1777)[31]
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972 (India) schedule: Schedule III of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972[32]
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Identifiers
Chital's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 42166[33]. Chital's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30531[34]. Chital's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 313989[35]. Chital's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2440934[36]. Chital's ITIS TSN is recorded as 552474[37].
Why It Matters
Chital has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Chital is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]