Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to M. Spaulding et al. 2009
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Bonaparte 1850, Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Hassanin and Douzery 2003, Khan and Sarwar 2002, Linnaeus 1758, Matthew 1908 and Sánchez et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Delahomeryx, Giraffoidea, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Prodremotherium, Sanitherium, Thandaungia, Tragulina
Subtaxa: Antilocapridae Babameryx Bovoidea Bugtimeryx Camelopardalidae Cervoidea Giraffomorpha Leptomerycidae Namibiomeryx Orangemeryx Prodremotheridae Propalaeoryx Sperrgebietomeryx Walangania