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Cervus (Cervus)

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy

Cervus (Cervus) was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cervus by Linnaeus (1758) and Groves and Grubb (1987).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Cervus acoronatus, Cervus ardei, Cervus astylodon, Cervus axis, Cervus belgrandi, Cervus bovides, Cervus brevitrabilis, Cervus bucklandi, Cervus capreulus, Cervus dicranios, Cervus dicranius, Cervus dorothoensis, Cervus duvauceli, Cervus duvauceli, Cervus elaphas, Cervus elaphoides, Cervus elephas, Cervus elsanus, Cervus fitchii, Cervus furcatus, Cervus grayi, Cervus greyi, Cervus gunnii, Cervus ischnoceros, Cervus katokiyomasai, Cervus kauxuesis, Cervus kazusensis, Cervus kuhlii, Cervus liriocerus, Cervus matheroni, Cervus naorai, Cervus paleozoensis, Cervus peloponnesiacus, Cervus philisi, Cervus phlisi, Cervus polignacus, Cervus praeonipponicus, Cervus punjabicus, Cervus reichenaui, Cervus rhenanus, Cervus senezensis, Cervus solilhacus, Cervus stehlini, Cervus taevanus, Cervus taiouanus, Cervus taiouanus, Cervus takaoi, Cervus timoriensis, Cervus tricolor, Cervus verticornis, Cervus warthae, Cervus yesoensis, Cervus yunnanensis, Cervus yunnanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Cervus (Cervus) Linnaeus
1987	Cervus (Cervus) Groves and Grubb

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
superfamily	Cervoidea
family	Cervidae
subfamily	Cervinae	Goldfuss 1820
tribe	Cervini	Goldfuss 1820
genus	Cervus
subgenus	Cervus	Linnaeus 1758

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.

Subg. Cervus (Cervus) Linnaeus 1758

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

grazerg

Reproduction:

viviparousf

Created:

2009-01-04 11:01:15

Modified:

2009-01-04 13:01:25

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: MacFadden et al. 1999, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Collections

No collection or age range data are available