Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1

Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758

Description

Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:67.

REVIEWED BY: D. E. Babb (DEB).

TYPE LOCALITY: S. Sweden.

DISTRIBUTION: Forest, moorland and alpine habitats of Europe, Caucasus and C. Asia to W. and N. China and Ussuri region (U.S.S.R.); N. W. Tunisia; N.E. Algeria; Corsica; Sardinia; North America from British Columbia (Canada) south to California, New Mexico, and Louisiana, east to New York and S. Carolina (U.S.A.) (now restricted to western areas and reserves in N. America). Introduced to South America and New Zealand.

COMMENT: Includes affinis, bactrianus, hanglu, macneilli, wallichi, xanthopygus, yarkandensis; see Corbet, 1978:201. Includes canadensis, merriami, and nannodes; see McCullough, 1969, Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., 88:1 -209; Hall, 1981:1084- 1087.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. e. hanglu subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix II and U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. e. bactrianus subspecies only.

CITES - Appendix III (Tunisia) and U.S. ESA -Endangered as C. e. barbarus subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. e. corsicanus subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. e. macneilli subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. e. ivallichi subspecies only. U.S. ESA - Endangered as C. e. yarkandensis subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301419006004005001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 315-343 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 320, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352976

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Cervus
Species
elaphus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • McCullough, D. R. 1969. The Tule elk: Its history, behavior, and ecology. University of California Publications, Zoology, 88: 1 - 209.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.