Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative combination: Cervus (Elaphus) elaphus
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
Belongs to Cervus according to L. B. Albright et al. 2019
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Alroy 2002, Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Churcher and Peterson 1982, Eshelman et al. 2018, Gentry 2010, Gruwier et al. 2015, Hamilton 1978, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Ludt et al. 2006, Owen 1844 and Thomas 1911
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 canadensis, Cervus cornaliai, Cervus costrizensis, Cervus curtocerus, Cervus dicranocerus, 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
Subtaxa: Cervus elaphus corsicanus Cervus elaphus merriami
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (1: Yukon), France (7), Germany (13), Greece (16), Hungary (3), Israel (2), Italy (8), Monaco (6), the Netherlands (5), North Atlantic (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (23), the United Kingdom (9), United States (21: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Azerbaijan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Turkmenistan (1)
Total: 129 collections including 130 occurrences
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