CHITAL

Photographed on Lava Plains-Mount Fox Road, Mount Fox, Queensland, November 2017

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Also known as Spotted Deer. Introduced; only feral population supposedly around Maryville Creek, w. of Townsville, Queensland. Inhabits grassy dry open-forest; requires access to permanent water. Gregarious; herds of up to 50; nocturnal and crepuscular. grazes on grass, forages on foliage and fruit.