Axis porcinus
Silhouette: Steven Traver · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Indian hog deer (Axis porcinus), or Indochinese hog deer, is a small cervid native to the region of the Indian subcontinent and Indo-Gangetic Plain. Introduced populations are established in Australia, as well as the United States and Sri Lanka.
Its name derives from the hog-like manner in which it runs through forests (with its head hung low), to ease ducking under obstacles instead of leaping over them, like most other deer. Cervus porcinus was the scientific name used by Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann in 1777 and 1780, based on an earlier description of Indian hog deer brought to England from India.
It was placed in the genus Axis by William Jardine in 1835 and by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1847. In 2004, it was proposed to be placed in the genus Hyelaphus. The proposal has not been accepted, with most authors keeping it under Axis. A subspecies, A. p. annamiticus, was once considered its own species, but is now generally considered the same species as A. porcinus.
A mature hog deer stag stands about 70 centimetres (28 in) at the shoulder, and weighs approximately 50 kilograms (110 lb); hinds are much smaller, standing about 61 centimetres... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 2 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Ostrava Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | Beijing Wildlife Park | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 5 | Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Nehru Zoological Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Nakhon Ratchasima Zoo | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Chiang Mai Night Safari | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 9 | Shanghai Zoo | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 10 | Safari World | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | La Torbiera | 🇮🇹 Italy | |
| 12 | Mysore Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Burgers' Ocean | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 14 | Bannerghatta Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | National Zoo of Malaysia | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 16 | Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 17 | Sukhothai Airport Zoo | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 18 | Johor Zoo | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 19 | Thrissur Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 20 | Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan | 🇮🇳 India |
No species of the same family or order lives in Wilsons Promontory National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hog Deer sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 11 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hog Deer in Wilsons Promontory National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, July–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hog Deer sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
5th of 6
Of the 6 parks where we can rate Hog Deer sightings, Wilsons Promontory National Park ranks 5th at about 20%. The best odds are in Kaziranga National Park (India, about 90%), Royal Bardia National Park (Nepal, about 50%) and Chitwan National Park (Nepal, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hog Deer is recorded against all the mammals logged in Wilsons Promontory National Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
