Cervus percultus Ameghino 1902 (deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261

Belongs to Cervus according to F. Ameghino 1902

Sister taxa: Cervus (Cervequus), Cervus (Cervus), Cervus (Deperetia), Cervus (Leptocervus), 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 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 perolensis, Cervus ruscinensis, Cervus schomburgki, Cervus sedgwickii, Cervus simplicidens, Cervus sivalensis, Cervus timorensis, Cervus trigonocerus, Cervus triplidens, Cervus tuberculatus, Cervus unicolor, Proboselaphus watasei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution: found only at Tarija

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