Axis kuhlii

(Temminck, 1836)

Bawean Deer

Male in velvet, female, and juvenile. Also as Hyelaphus kuhlii.
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Location:Date taken:1 January 1992Description:Male in velvet, female, and juvenile. Also as Hyelaphus kuhlii.

Distribution :

Indonesia, Bawean Isl. Specimen in Institute of Zoology, Beijing, labelled from Bangka Isl, off Sumatra, Indonesia.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1755

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

Temminck, C.J. 1836-02-01. Coup-d'oeil sur la faune des îles de la Sonde et de l'Empire du Japon. Discours préliminaire destiné à servir d'introduction à la Faune du Japon. Musée des Pays-Bas, Leiden, 30 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389721 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389730

Original name as described

Cervus Kuhlii

Type material

RMNH.MAM.43558, RMNH.MAM.43559, RMNH.MAM.51339

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.43558 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.43559 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.51339

Type locality

Bawean Island.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006309

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Cervus Kuhlii

Temminck, 1828

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Type locality

Indonesia: Java: Bawean.

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16105370

Authority publication

Bijdragen tot de Natuurkundige Wetenschappen

Cervus Kuhlii

Temminck, 1836

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.43558, RMNH.MAM.43559, RMNH.MAM.51339

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

exclusivement au petit groupe d'iles connues sous le nom d'iles Bavians

Type locality

Indonesia: Java: Bawean.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.43558 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.43559 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.51339

Authority page

8, 11 (footnote 3)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389721 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51389730

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Schinz (1845:393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
Reichenbach (1845:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15941154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40880)
Sundevall (1846:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
Sclater (1870:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69149)
Sclater (1872:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Chasen (1940:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Rusa Kuhlii:

Fitzinger, 1861

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438455

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1861:396, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
Gray (1872:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
Fitzinger (1874:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8286407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39160)
Lyon (1911:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)

Cervus [Hyelaphus] kuhli:

J. R. Ward, 1910

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015714

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Rusa kuhli:

Weber, 1928

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

573

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Weber (1928:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)

Axis kuhlii:

Grubb, 1993

Family

Cervidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

384

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Grubb (1993:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
Groves & Grubb (2011:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2447/73071875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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