Axis porcinus

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Hog Deer

Side view of adult male. Axis porcinus porcinus, Indian Hog Deer. Also as Hyelaphus porcinus.
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Location:France, Paris, Paris ZooDate taken:Unknown

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1078

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

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Cervus (Porcinus)

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

West Bengal (India).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Thailand · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

includes annamiticus, which was listed as distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C.P. and Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate Taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 309 pp. doi:10.56021/9781421400938 · Gupta, S.K., Kumar, A., Angom, S., Singh, B., Ghazi, M.G.U., Tuboi, C. and Hussain, S.A. 2018. Genetic analysis of endangered hog deer (Axis porcinus) reveals two distinct lineages from the Indian subcontinent. Scientific Reports 8(1):16308. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-34482-9

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006310

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

Cervus porcinus

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1777)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

porcinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53966337

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Cervus (Porcinus)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

porcinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Schreber (1784:pl. 251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059722) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38136)
  3. Boddaert (1785:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  4. Gmelin (1788:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  7. Shaw (1801:290, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  8. Turton (1802:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  9. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  10. Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  11. Muirhead (1819:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  12. Schinz (1821:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  13. Desmarest (1822:437, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  14. Schinz (1825:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  15. Smith (1826:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  16. Lesson (1827:362, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  17. Fischer (1829:454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  18. Ogilby (1839:lxxii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  19. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  20. Lesson (1842:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  21. Schinz (1845:394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  22. Sundevall (1846:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  23. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  24. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  25. Blyth (1862:334, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37181614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68511)
  26. Murray (1866:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  27. Sclater (1870:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69149)
  28. Sclater (1872:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  29. Flower & Lydekker (1891:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)
  30. Bonhote (1901:883, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67682)
  31. Ward (1910:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015713) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  32. Gyldenstolpe (1916:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  33. Corbet & Hill (1980:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  34. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  35. Corbet & Hill (1991:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  36. Jackson & Groves (2015:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Cervus porcinus maculatus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

maculatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

301

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664327

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus Pumilio?

(C. H. Smith, 1826)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264185

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1826:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  2. Lesson (1842:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Cervus Dodur

(Royle, 1834)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dodur

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1839:lxxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Axis Procinus

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Cervidae

Root name

procinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126983

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1841:219, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
  2. Hodgson (1844:292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)

Hyelaphus porcinus

(J. E. Gray, 1850)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

porcinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595004

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:233, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)
  3. Gray (1852:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Horsfield (1857:406, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860980) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  5. Blyth (1863:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  6. Gray (1872:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  7. Fitzinger (1874:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8286406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39160)
  8. Blyth (1875:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  9. Phillips (1927:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67779)
  10. Weber (1928:573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  11. Phillips (1929:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  12. Groves (2003:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9601)

Axis oryzus

Kelaart, 1852

Family

Cervidae

Root name

oryzus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257359

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Axis porcinus

Jerdon, 1867

Family

Cervidae

Root name

porcinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300127

Authority publication

Roorkee

Name usages

  1. Jerdon (1867:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  2. Pocock (1911:950, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31561462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67432)
  3. Grubb (1993:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)
  4. Di Stefano & Petronio (2002:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18807)
  5. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  6. Smith & Xie (2008:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  8. Groves & Grubb (2011:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  9. Jackson & Groves (2015:310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41784/22157664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cervus minor

(P. L. Sclater, 1883)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

169

Authority publication

book

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