Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative combination: Cervus (Elaphus) canadensis
Belongs to Cervus according to C. J. Ludt et al. 2006
See also Hay 1902, Owen 1844, Wilson 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Cervus (Cervequus), Cervus (Cervus), Cervus (Deperetia), Cervus (Elaphus), Cervus (Leptocervus), Cervus (Megaceros), Cervus (Sika), Cervus aguangae, Cervus albirostris, Cervus alfredi, Cervus anocerus, Cervus aristotelis, Cervus australis, Cervus bertholdi, Cervus bezoarticus, Cervus brevitrabalis, Cervus cornaliai, Cervus costrizensis, Cervus curtocerus, Cervus dicranocerus, Cervus elaphus, Cervus fortis, Cervus fortisi, Cervus gouazoubira, Cervus latus, Cervus lydekkeri, Cervus mariannus, Cervus mediterraneus, Cervus mongoliae, Cervus nanus, Cervus nestii, Cervus nippon, Cervus obscurus, Cervus partschii, Cervus percultus, Cervus perolensis, Cervus ruscinensis, Cervus schomburgki, Cervus sedgwickii, Cervus simplicidens, Cervus sivalensis, Cervus timorensis, Cervus trigonocerus, Cervus triplidens, Cervus tuberculatus, Cervus unicolor, Proboselaphus watasei
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario collections), China (3), France (1), United States (20: Maine, Maryland, Michiagn, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
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