Animals in sri lanka-Chital Deer

Sri Lanka's other deer is the graceful, light reddish-brown and white-spotted Chital Deer aka Axis DeerAxis axis.  These lovely animals look like big versions of Bambi -- in other words they look like large fawns of deer from the Americas!  The Chital deer congregate in groups of 20 of 30 animals but unlike the Sambar Deer, the group usually includes 2 or more adult males (see left).  They tend to graze in open forest or on the edges of forest and grassland.