Axis calamianensis

(Heude, 1887)

Calamian Deer

Copulating pair. Also as Hyelaphus calamianensis, Calamian Hog Deer.
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Location:USA, CA, Los Angeles Co., Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical GardensDate taken:Nov 7, 2015Description : Copulating pair. Also as Hyelaphus calamianensis, Calamian Hog Deer.

Distribution :

Philippines, Calamian Isls (Busuanga, Calauit, Culion and some smaller Isls). Not recorded from Palawan and Heude did not have material from Palawan.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4035

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Tribe : Cervini
Genus : Axis
Subgenus : Hyelaphus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heude, P.M. 1887. Problema Philippinense, seu Cervinorum Craniorum in Philippinis insulis hucusque detectorum, quae ex amicis accepit atque in taxinomicam seriem composuit Petrus Heude, Soc. Jesu Presbyter, apud sinas missionarius, Praeviae Icones, nec non et eorundem craniorum parcus index. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois 2(1):1-4.

Original name as described

Hyelaphus calamianensis

Type material

BIZ H 1B

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Calamian Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006308

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

Hyelaphus calamianensis

(Heude, 1887)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

calamianensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BIZ H 1B

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

pl. 4 (figs. 1, 2, 2', 4, 4')

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

Elera (1895:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)

Cervus culionensis

(D. G. Elliot, 1897)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

culionensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1155

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=2b3b5696-c720-4828-877d-9d71b08ca1d7

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Rusa culionensis

(Hollister, 1912)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

culionensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354192

Authority publication

Philippine Journal of Science

Name usages

Hollister (1912:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)

Cervus (Rusa) calamianensis

(Sanborn, 1952)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

calamianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785552

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Sanborn (1952:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)

Axis calamianensis

Grubb, 1993

Family

Cervidae

Root name

calamianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Grubb (1993:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2446/22156678) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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