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Cervus canadensis (elk)

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus canadensis was named by Erxleben (1777) [named as a subspecies of C. elaphus by Erxleben 1777; raised to species level by Borowski 1780]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cervus (Elaphus) canadensis by Owen (1844); it was synonymized subjectively with Cervus elaphus by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951), Wilson and Reeder (1993).

Subspecies
C. merriami, C. roosevelti
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. acoronatus, C. ardei, C. astylodon, C. axis, C. belgrandi, C. bovides, C. brevitrabilis, C. bucklandi, C. capreulus, C. dicranius, C. dorothoensis, C. duvauceli, C. duvauceli, C. elaphas, C. elaphoides, C. elephas, C. elsanus, C. fitchii, C. furcatus, C. gunnii, C. ischnoceros, C. kazusensis, C. liriocerus, C. matheroni, C. peloponnesiacus, C. philisi, C. phlisi, C. polignacus, C. punjabicus, C. reichenaui, C. rhenanus, C. solilhacus, C. stehlini, C. taiouanus, C. verticornis, C. warthae, C. yesoensis, C. yunnanensis, C. kauxuesis, C. naorai, C. praeonipponicus, C. dicranios, C. senezensis, C. takaoi, C. grayi, C. katokiyomasai, C. kuhlii, C. timoriensis, C. tricolor, C. yunnanensis, C. greyi, C. paleozoensis, C. taevanus, C. taiouanus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-07-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Cervus canadensis Erxleben
1780Cervus canadensis Borowski
1844Cervus (Elaphus) canadensis Owen p. 237
1902Cervus canadensis Hay p. 685
1967Cervus canadensis Wilson p. 215
1972Cervus canadensis Whitehead
1984Cervus canadensis Cockerill
2006Cervus canadensis Ludt et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
subfamilyCervinaeGoldfuss 1820
tribeCerviniGoldfuss 1820
genusCervus
speciescanadensisErxleben 1777

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 canadensis Erxleben 1777 [elk]
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†Cervus canadensis merriami Nelson 1902 [Arizona elk]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available