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Cervus elaphus (red deer)

Mammalia - Cervidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cervus elaphus Linnaeus
1902Cervus elaphus Hay p. 684
1911Cervus elaphus Thomas p. 151
1927Cervus elaphus Boule and De Villeneuve p. 38
1978Cervus elaphus Hamilton p. 496
1980Cervus elaphus Kurten and Anderson p. 317
1982Cervus elaphus Churcher and Peterson p. 251
2006Cervus elaphus Ludt et al.
2008Cervus elaphus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2010Cervus elaphus Gentry p. 821
2015Cervus elaphus Gruwier et al. p. 37 figs. Table 1
2018Cervus elaphus Eshelman et al. p. 9
2019Cervus elaphus Albright et al. p. 188

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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()
familyCervidae
Plesiometacarpalia
tribeCerviniGoldfuss 1820
genusCervus
specieselaphus

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 elaphus Linnaeus 1758 [red deer]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available