Cariacus laevicornis Cope 1896 (New World deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative combination: Dama laevicornis

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1896. New and Little Known Mammalia from the Port Kennedy Bone Deposit. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:378-394

Belongs to Cariacus according to E. D. Cope 1896

See also Gidley and Gazin 1938, Hay 1902 and Hay 1923

Sister taxa: Odocoileus brachydontus, Odocoileus brachyodontus, Odocoileus cascensis, Odocoileus cooki, Odocoileus dolichopsis, Odocoileus hemionus, Odocoileus laevicornis, Odocoileus lucasi, Odocoileus peruvianus, Odocoileus rothschildi, Odocoileus salinae, Odocoileus sellardsiae, Odocoileus sheridanus, Odocoileus virginianus, Cariacus brachyceros, Paleoodocoileus salinae, Paleoodocoileus gracilis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Port Kennedy Cave

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