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Cervus Camelopardalis Linnaeus 1758

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Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Peter Grubb, 1993, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 377-414 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 385, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359189

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Additional details

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.