Calamian deer

Weight

40.5 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

20 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

22.9 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

179 days – 225 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.01src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

10 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The calamian deer is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyCervidae
6. genusAxis
7. SpeciesAxis calamianensis (Heude, 1888)

Synonyms Axis porcinus calamianensis, Cervus calamianensis, Hyelaphus calamianensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Chital

Axis axis

Cervidae

EN, Endangered

Indian hog deer

Axis porcinus

Cervidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Bawean deer

Axis kuhlii

Cervidae

CompareCalamian deer vs ChitalCalamian deer vs Indian hog deerCalamian deer vs Bawean deer

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@misc{calamian_deer_2026,
  title = {Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/calamian-deer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}