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)
Nominal names: porcinus (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1777) [placed on index] | porcinus (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780) | maculatus (Kerr, 1792) | pumilio (C. H. Smith, 1826) | dodur (Royle, 1834) | procinus B. H. Hodgson, 1841 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | oryzus Kelaart, 1852 | minor (P. L. Sclater, 1883) [preoccupied] | annamiticus (Heude, 1887) | fossilis (Trouessart, 1898) [not intended as a scientific name | not used as valid] | hecki (Lydekker, 1908) | vilmuva Deraniyagala, 1965
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Artiodactyla -- Family: Cervidae -- Subfamily: Cervinae -- Tribe: Cervini
Type locality: West Bengal (India).
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): China (CHN) | Pakistan (PAK) | India (IND) | Nepal (NPL) | Bhutan (BTN) | Bangladesh (BGD) | Myanmar (MMR) | Thailand (THA) | Cambodia (KHM)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently flagged, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered
Species-specific 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
Citation: Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.|Gupta, S. K., Kumar, A., Angom, S., Singh, B., Ghazi, M. G. U., Tuboi, C., & Hussain, S. A. (2018). Genetic analysis of endangered hog deer (Axis porcinus) reveals two distinct lineages from the Indian subcontinent. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-12.
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