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Rusa equina

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervus equinus was named by Cuvier (1825) [also said to be 1823]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Rusa unicolor equinus by Stone and Rehn (1902); it was recombined as Cervus unicolor equinus by Chasen (1940); it was recombined as Rusa equina by Gray (1843) and Miller (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. yuananesis

Synonyms
  • Cervus axis was named by Raffles (1822) [non Cervus axis Erxleben 1777]. It is extant.

    It was replaced with Rusa equina by Miller (1942).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cervus axis Raffles p. 263
1823Cervus equinus Cuvier
1825Cervus equinus Cuvier p. 45
1843Rusa equina Gray p. 179
1902Rusa unicolor equinus Stone and Rehn p. 132
1940Cervus unicolor equinus Chasen p. 201
1942Rusa equina Miller, Jr. p. 162

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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
genusRusaSmith 1827
speciesequina(Cuvier 1825)

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.

Rusa equina Cuvier 1825
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Invalid names: Cervus axis Raffles 1822 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available