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Dama dama (fallow deer)

Mammalia - Cervidae

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

It was recombined as Dama dama by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gruwier et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cervus dama Linnaeus p. 67
1911Cervus dama Thomas p. 151
2008Dama dama Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2015Dama dama 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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyCervidae
Plesiometacarpalia
tribeCerviniGoldfuss 1820
genusDamaFrisch 1775
speciesdama()

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.

Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 [fallow deer]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available