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Bawean deer
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Species : Axis kuhlii
The Bawean deer, bawean hog deer, kuhl's hog deer is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Bawean deer
A young / baby of a Bawean deer is called a 'fawn or ass'. The females are called 'doe, hind or cow' and males 'buck, stag or bull'. A Bawean deer group is called a 'herd'.Countries
Indonesia
Facts about the Bawean deer
The bawean deer is an herbivore that is a primary food consumer.
The shy Bawean deer is mainly active at night, leaving their resting places in the undergrowth to graze in clearings and fields. (Full text)
USFWS Refuges on which the Kuhl's (=Bawean) deer is reported. (Full text)
The Bawean deer is endemic to 520 sq km (200 sq mi) Bawean Island, Indonesia in the Java Sea. (Full text)
Axis kuhlii is included in the subgenus Hyelaphus [Sundevall, 1846] along with the closely related hog deer and Calamian deer (Whitehead, 1993). (Full text)
Indeed, although recognized as a species here, the Bawean deer is considered by some authors to be no more than a subspecies of A. (Full text)