A chital was allegedly hunted inside the core area of Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, and forest officials arrested two villagers, seizing suspected animal meat, bows, arrows, and animal traps recently.
About Chital:
Chital, also known as spotted deer or axis deer, is a medium-sized deer species native to the Indian subcontinent.
Scientific Name: Axis axis
Habitat and Distribution:
The Chital is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
It lives in grasslands and forests in
Features:
The males tend to be darker and to have black facial markings.
Both the genders have small white spots on the body, hence named Spotted or Chital.
Spotted deer are sexually dimorphic. Males are significantly larger than females, and only male deers possess antlers.
They are social animals. They occur in herds of 10 to 50 individuals, with one or two males and a number of females and young.
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