Volume 24, Issue 74, July - December, 2023

First photographic record of albinism in Chital (Axis axis) from Bardia National Park, Nepal

Rabin Kadariya¹, Rabin Bahadur KC^1♦, Umesh Paudel¹, Bishnu Prasad Shrestha²

¹National Trust for Nature Conservation, Lalitpur, Nepal
²Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal

^♦Corresponding author
National Trust for Nature Conservation, Lalitpur Nepal

ABSTRACT

Chital or spotted deer (Axis axis) is one of the important cervids in Bardia National Park of Nepal, serving as the primary prey species of tiger within the national park. They are easily observed throughout the national park. However, albino chital is rarely found in the national park, and this study presents the first photographic evidence of albino chital from the park.

Keywords: Bardia National Park, Chital, Albinism

Species, 2023, 24(74), e73s1581

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v24i74.e73s1581

Published: 30 August 2023