The phrase "axis deer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific species of deer known for its distinctive markings and native to the Indian subcontinent.
Example: "The axis deer is often found in grasslands and forests, where it grazes on a variety of vegetation."
Alternatives: "chital" or "spotted deer".
Here's video of axis deer in a Maui park:.
Axis deer are posing management problems, as well.
Neither axis deer nor mouflon sheep are native to Hawaii and don't have natural predators here.
A favorite pastime is hunting; the island teems with axis deer, mouflon sheep, wild turkey and pheasant.
Out at the Old Drovers Inn in Dover Plains, N.Y., Christopher Brooks, the executive chef, has already had his fling with axis deer and antelope.
Today, working with a consortium of neighboring ranches, Mr. Hughes traps wild boar and hunts axis deer and the Himalayan nilgai antelope, whose name has been Americanized to South Texas antelope.
Some evidence suggestive of predator-parasite mutualism comes from dhole or Indian wild dog (Cuon alpinus) and a protozoan parasite (Sarcosystis axicuonis) with chital or spotted deer (Axis axis) as the prey-host [ 1, 11].
In order to identify some environmental factors affecting conservation, we analyzed the seasonal habitat use of two Indonesian deer species, Axis kuhlii in Bawean Island and Muntiacus muntjak in south-western Java Island, in response to several physical, climatic, biological, and anthropogenic variables.
The tribe has imported animals from all over the globe water buffalo, wild boar, and Axis, fallow and red deer.
In deer, several reports gathered by Gill (1977) showed variable signs depending on the host species; acute and fatal evolutions were observed in Antilope cervicapra and Axis sp. while it was more chronic in Axis axis and Rusa timorensis, with anaemia, loss of weight, and abortion.
Some evidence of a predator-parasite mutualism was reported from spotted deer or chital (Axix axis) as a prey species, dhole or Indian wild-dog (Cuon alpinus) as the predator and a protozoan (Sarcocystis axicuonis) as the parasite.
