axis deer
noun
: a deer (Axis axis) of India and surrounding areas having brownish hair with white spots
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Barbary sheep, mouflon sheep, blackbuck, red stag, sika and axis deer and mountain goats are among the exotic game that roam the ranch.
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Melissa Manno, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2023
As daylight breaks, mouflon sheep or axis deer start to traverse into his range.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Even certain fences don’t stop them – axis deer are even known to jump up to 8 feet over fences.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Tens of thousands of invasive axis deer roam Maui.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022
There are multiple native and exotic wildlife on the property that includes whitetail, fallow deer, axis deer, blackbuck antelope, Rio Grande turkey, and dove.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
Now, the ringtail sits alongside several other new additions: the Rock squirrel, fox squirrel, rat, raccoon, armadillo, bobcat, gray fox and axis deer.
—Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
Groves began checking out animals a few years ago, with the hope that a great blue heron or a tiny axis deer fawn would bring out something in her students that a bowl of fruit could not.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
The park also includes frogs, fish, deer, axis deer, Hawaiian monk seals, bats, and other wild critters.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2021
Melissa Manno, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2023
As daylight breaks, mouflon sheep or axis deer start to traverse into his range.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Even certain fences don’t stop them – axis deer are even known to jump up to 8 feet over fences.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
Tens of thousands of invasive axis deer roam Maui.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022
There are multiple native and exotic wildlife on the property that includes whitetail, fallow deer, axis deer, blackbuck antelope, Rio Grande turkey, and dove.
—Gabriel Romero, Chron, 24 Aug. 2022
Now, the ringtail sits alongside several other new additions: the Rock squirrel, fox squirrel, rat, raccoon, armadillo, bobcat, gray fox and axis deer.
—Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Nov. 2021
Groves began checking out animals a few years ago, with the hope that a great blue heron or a tiny axis deer fawn would bring out something in her students that a bowl of fruit could not.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2022
The park also includes frogs, fish, deer, axis deer, Hawaiian monk seals, bats, and other wild critters.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2021
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