Cervus bezoarticus Linnaeus 1758 (Pampas deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Alternative combinations: Blastoceros bezoarticus, Blastocerus bezoarticus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Cervus according to C. Linnaeus 1758

See also Hershkovitz 1982 and Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Cervus (Cervequus), Cervus (Cervus), Cervus (Deperetia), Cervus (Leptocervus), Cervus (Sika), Cervus aguangae, Cervus albirostris, Cervus alfredi, Cervus anocerus, Cervus aristotelis, Cervus australis, Cervus bertholdi, Cervus brevitrabalis, Cervus canadensis, Cervus cornaliai, Cervus costrizensis, Cervus curtocerus, Cervus dicranocerus, Cervus elaphus, Cervus fortis, Cervus fortisi, Cervus gouazoubira, Cervus latus, Cervus lydekkeri, Cervus mariannus, Cervus mediterraneus, Cervus mongoliae, Cervus nanus, Cervus nestii, Cervus nippon, Cervus obscurus, Cervus partschii, Cervus percultus, Cervus perolensis, Cervus ruscinensis, Cervus schomburgki, Cervus sedgwickii, Cervus simplicidens, Cervus sivalensis, Cervus timorensis, Cervus trigonocerus, Cervus triplidens, Cervus tuberculatus, Cervus unicolor, Proboselaphus watasei

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cervus bezoarticus in the database

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