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Rucervus eldii

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus eldi was named by M'Clelland (1842). It is extant.

It was corrected as Cervus eldii by Gruwier et al. (2015); it was recombined as Rucervus eldii by Mackiewicz et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Cervus eldi M'Clelland
2008Cervus eldi Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 978 figs. Fig. 5
2012Cervus eldi Hassanin et al. p. 44 figs. Fig. 1
2015Cervus eldii Gruwier et al. p. 37 figs. Table 1
2022Rucervus eldii Mackiewicz et al.

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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
genusRucervusHodgson 1838
specieseldii(M'Clelland 1842)

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.

Rucervus eldii M'Clelland 1842
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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: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Cervus eldi (237787)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Laos (Hua Pan) Cervus eldii (235746)