axis deer
Americannoun
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In the summer air, the glow of invasive axis deer eyes pierce the darkness as throngs of them dart in between the settlement’s small, quaint houses — many of them vacant.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
The animal was an axis deer from India, the Director of Wildlife at the Ministry of the Environment, Frederick Bauer, told local media.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2022
The deer was an axis deer from India, which had been donated to the presidential residence, the Director of Wildlife at the Ministry of the Environment, Frederick Bauer, told media.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2022
On Molokai, Hawaii’s fifth-largest island, residents are fretting about dry conditions after hundreds of axis deer were found dead of starvation last year.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2021
Such has been the experience with the axis deer, the Japanese and Pekin sikas, the red and the fallow deer of Europe, and especially with the wapiti, or Rocky Mountain elk, and the Virginia deer.
From Fur Farming A book of Information about Fur Bearing Animals, Enclosures, Habits, Care, etc. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)
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