{"id":20848,"date":"2026-06-25T12:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20848"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:55:37","slug":"spotted-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/spotted-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Chital"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Chital Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A chital was allegedly hunted inside the core area of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/udanti-sitanadi-tiger-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\">Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve<\/a><\/strong>, and forest officials arrested two villagers, seizing suspected animal meat, bows, arrows, and animal traps recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Chital<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chital, also known as <\/span><b>spotted deer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or<\/span><b> axis deer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>medium-sized deer species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> native to the <\/span><b>Indian subcontinent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Axis axis<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Chital <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chital is found in <\/span><b>India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Sri Lanka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lives in <\/span><b>grasslands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and forests in <\/span><b>herds.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Chital <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It stands at about 35 inches tall and weighs about 187 pounds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body <\/span><b>color is reddish <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>white on the belly, inner legs, and underneath their short tail.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>males <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tend to be <\/span><b>darker <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to have<\/span><b> black facial markings. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Both the genders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have<\/span><b> small white spots on the body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, hence <\/span><b>named Spotted or Chital.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spotted deer are<\/span><b> sexually dimorphic. Males <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are significantly <\/span><b>larger than females, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>only male deers possess antlers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its<\/span><b> curved, three-pronged antlers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extend nearly 3 feet and <\/span><b>shed each year.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lifespan: 20 to 30 years<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are<\/span><b> social animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They occur in herds of 10 to 50 individuals, with one or two males and a number of females and young.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Chital <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/raipur\/chital-killed-in-core-area-of-chhattisgarh-tiger-reserve-two-held-with-meat-bows-and-arrows\/amp_articleshow\/131969613.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chital is a medium-sized deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. 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