Hog Deer Axis/Hyelaphus porcinus

Hog Deer stag
Hog Deer hind
The Hog Deer is a small, stocky deer native to northern India, Pakistan and Southeast Asia. It is also called the Indian Hog Deer to distinguish from some island species.
Hog Deer
Hog Deer
Hog Deer
Some 2 feet tall at the shoulder (stags c. 3 inches taller than hinds), the stag (above left/centre) has antlers, the hind (above right) does not.
Hog Deer
Hog Deer
Hog Deer
The Hog Deer is named after its pig-like manner of flight (no pigs don't fly) with head down to go under obstacles rather than head up to leap over them and with white tail tip held high.
Hog Deer winter coat The plain brown winter coat.
Hog Deer pair A pair: they form pairs rather than harems or are solitary.
Hog Deer summer coat The spotted summer coat.
The winter coat of stags and hinds is plain brown and the spring/summer breeding coat is reddish brown with faint white spots and a darker central spine. Fawns of some subspecies have spots. The species is endangered.