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Cervus unicolor (sambar)

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus unicolor was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Rusa unicolor by Stone and Rehn (1902), Zhang et al. (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cervus unicolor Kerr
1902Rusa unicolor Stone and Rehn p. 132
1980Rusa unicolor Zhang et al.
2008Cervus unicolor Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5
2012Cervus unicolor Hassanin et al. p. 44 figs. Fig. 1
2015Cervus unicolor Gruwier et al. p. 37 figs. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeCerviniGoldfuss 1820
genusCervus
speciesunicolorKerr 1792

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 [sambar]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available