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July 27, 2004

Axis Deer, India, 1996

Photograph by Michael K. Nichols

Surrounded by langur monkeys and other chitals, two males spar in the rutting season. Chitals are also called axis deer. They are [Bandhavgarh National Park's] most common tiger prey.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Making Room for Wild Tigers," December 1997, National Geographic magazine)