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Cervus Linnaeus 1758

Description

Genus Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

Two species, C. elaphus and C. nippon, previously inhabited Korea. Both species became extirpated in South Korea and their status in North Korea remains uncertain. A small population of C. nippon from Taiwan became established in Mt. Songni National Park as an invasive species (Koh et al. 2010a).

Notes

Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 1-216 in Zootaxa 4522 (1) on page 108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2610198

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Cervus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018

References

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Fol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp. [in Latin]
  • Koh, H. S., Ham, U. J., Yang, B. G., Shin, D. S., Kim, J. S. & Jeong, S. G. (2010 a) Mammalian fauna in Mt. Songni National Park and their conservation strategies. Bulletin of the Natural Sciences Chungbuk University, 24, 1 - 5. [in Korean]