Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regn. Anim., 1:312.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Bihar, "banks of the Ganges."

DISTRIBUTION: India (incl. Sikkim); Sri Lanka; Nepal; introduced to the former Yugoslavia, republics of the former W USSR (still extant?), Andaman Isis, Australia, Hawaiian Isis and Texas (USA), Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.

SYNONYMS: ceylonensis, indicus, maculatus, major, minor, nudipalpebra .