Axis Gray 1825 (deer)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. Annals of Philosophy, new series. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe 337-344
Parent taxon: Cervinae according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008
Sister taxa: Dama, Megacerini, Megaloceros
Subtaxa: Axis axis, Axis porcinus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer