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Cervus Camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758
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Cervus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:66.
TYPE SPECIES: Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758.
SYNONYMS: Elaphoceros, Elaphus, Harana, Hippelaphus, Melanaxis, Panolia, Przewalskium, Pseudaxis, Pseudocervus, Rucervus, Rusa, Sambur, Sika, Strongyloceros, Sikaillus, Thaocervus, Ussa.
COMMENTS: Includes Rusa, Rucervus, and Przewalskium as subgenera, with Panolia, Sika and Thaocervus as synonyms of subgenera, see Groves and Grubb (1987). Van Gelder (1977b) also included Elaphurus, Axis, Dama and Hyelaphus.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Cervidae
- Genus
- Cervus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Camelopardalis Linnaeus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Grubb, 1993
References
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
- Groves, C. P., and P. Grubb. 1987. Relationships of living deer. Pp. 2 l- 59, in Biology and management of the Cervidae (C. M. Wemmer, ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., 577 pp.
- Van Gelder, R. G. 1977 b. Mammalian hybrids and generic limits. American Museum Novitates, 2635: 1 - 25.