{"id":363930,"date":"2026-05-30T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363930"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:43:01","slug":"hog-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hog-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hog Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A rare albino hog deer was recently sighted in Kaziranga National Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Hog Deer<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thainationalparks.com\/img\/species\/2015\/09\/12\/165015\/hyelaphus-porcinus-hog-deer-w-1500.jpg?resize=385%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hog deer \" width=\"385\" height=\"256\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Thai National Parks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hog deer is a species belonging to the <\/span><b>genus Axis.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Scientific name:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its scientific name is<\/span><b> Axis porcinus.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It inhabits well-covered dense forests <\/span><b>near rivers and marshes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including <\/span><b>dense reed beds, thick riverside vegetation, and woodland areas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">close to swamps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <strong>endemic<\/strong> to the<\/span><b> tall, moist grasslands of South and Southeast Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>geographic range<\/strong> is <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throughout <strong>India and Pakistan, including the Himalayan foothill zone<\/strong> and<strong> Southeast Asia,<\/strong> including Burma and Thailand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Its free-ranging populations have been introduced by humans in<b> Sri Lanka, Australia and U.S.A.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Distribution in India:<\/strong> In India, it is <\/span><b>limited to grasslands adjoining the foothills of the Himalayas, near wetlands and floodplains of the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, extending from Punjab to Arunachal Pradesh.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Characteristics:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Appearances:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <strong>low, stocky-built animal<\/strong> with a muscular body.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Height:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It measures <strong>approximately 70 cm<\/strong> at shoulder height.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Weight:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It can weigh between<\/span><b> 50 &#8211; 110 kg.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has <strong>relatively short legs, with its body being lower<\/strong> in the <strong>front<\/strong> than the back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a<strong> short and wedge-shaped face.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <strong>brown with a yellowish or reddish tinge in appearance<\/strong> and sometimes has a speckled appearance, as some hairs have white tips.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a <strong>darker band running down its spine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<strong> females are slightly smaller than the males and lack antlers.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Males<\/strong> bear t<strong>hree-tined antlers,<\/strong> mounted on short pedicles on the forehead.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its distinctive feature is the <\/span><b>unusually large, round ears<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are fringed with white hairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, its <\/span><b>tail is particularly bushy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to long hairs that lie in a dorsoventral pattern.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Diet: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It feeds upon <\/span><b>grass, leaves,<\/b> young shoots, herbaceous plants and riverside vegetation.<\/li>\n<li><b>Behaviour:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>solitary animal and is not found in large herds.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes a <\/span><b>whistling sound when alarmed and gives a warning bark.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>habit of rushing through grass with its head down<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like a pig, rather than bounding or leaping over obstacles like other deer species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <strong>sedentary<\/strong> and <strong>does not migrate.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Males<\/strong> tend to be territorial and<strong> mark their territory with glandular secretions.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Threats: H<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>abitat fragmentation due to anthropogenic activities and hunting<\/strong> are the main threats to its existence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation:\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN Red List: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is currently classified as<\/span><b> Endangered<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as per the<\/span><b> IUCN Red List.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:<\/strong> It is protected under <\/span><b>Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Albino Hog Deer<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.indianexpress.com\/2026\/05\/albino-hog-deer-1.jpg?resize=233%2C131&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Albino hog deer\" width=\"233\" height=\"131\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The albino hog deer is a <\/span><b><b>small cervid species which is rarely found in the wild.\u00a0<\/b><\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <strong>native to<\/strong> the region of the<strong> Indian subcontinent and the Indo-Gangetic Plain.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is characterized by <strong>white fur, pink eyes and pale hooves.<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Albino is a genetic defect wherein the <strong>animal lacks colour<\/strong> completely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A rare albino hog deer was recently sighted in Kaziranga National Park.\u00a0 About Hog Deer The hog deer is a species belonging to the genus Axis. Scientific name: Its scientific name is Axis porcinus. Habitat: It inhabits well-covered dense forests near rivers and marshes, including dense reed beds, thick riverside vegetation, and woodland areas&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/hog-deer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hog Deer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-363930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}