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Cervus

Mammalia - Cervidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Cervus Linnaeus p. 66
1825Cervus Gray p. 342
1848Cervus Owen p. 139
1860Cervus Leidy p. 109
1876Cervus Lydekker
1878Cervus fortisi Cope
1902Cervus Ameghino
1902Cervus Hay p. 684
1915Proboselaphus Matsumoto fig. 1
1915Proboselaphus watasei Matsumoto
1930Przewalskium Flerov
1937Cervus aguangae Frick
1967Cervus Wilson p. 215
1980Cervus Kurten and Anderson p. 317
1988Cervus Carroll
1989Cervus Shoshani et al. p. 436
1995Cervus Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 251
2000Cervus Grubb p. 302
2000Przewalskium Grubb p. 302
2003Cervus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212
2004Cervus Pitra et al. p. 881 figs. Table 1
2008Cervus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2019Cervus 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
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
genusCervus

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.

G. Cervus Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Cervus (Cervequus) Lesson 1842
Subg. Cervus (Cervus) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. †Cervus (Deperetia) Shikama 1936
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Subg. †Cervus (Leptocervus) Capasso Barbato 1992
Subg. †Cervus (Sika) Sclater 1870
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Cervus albirostris Przewalski 1883
Cervus alfredi Sclater 1870
Cervus anocerus Kaup 1839
Cervus aristotelis Lydekker 1886
Cervus australis de Serres 1838
Cervus bertholdi Kaup 1839
Cervus bezoarticus Linnaeus 1758 [Pampas deer]
Cervus brevitrabalis Cope 1889
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Invalid names: Alces semipalmatus Cope 1889 [synonym]
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 [elk]
Cervus cornaliai D'Erasmo 1933
Cervus costrizensis Holl 1829
Cervus curtocerus Kaup 1839
Cervus dicranocerus Kaup 1839
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 [red deer]
Cervus fortis Cope 1877
Cervus gouazoubira Fischer 1814
Cervus latus Ameghino 1889
Cervus lydekkeri Martin 1888
Cervus mariannus Desmarest 1822
Cervus mediterraneus Holl 1829
Cervus mongoliae Gaudry 1872
Cervus nanus Kaup 1839
Cervus nestii Azzaroli 1947
Cervus nippon Temminck 1838
Cervus obscurus Azzaroli 1953
Cervus partschii Kaup 1839
Cervus percultus Ameghino 1902
Cervus perolensis Azzaroli 1952
Cervus ruscinensis Depéret 1890
Cervus schomburgki Blythe 1863
Cervus sedgwickii Leny 1902
Cervus simplicidens Lydekker 1876
Cervus sivalensis Lydekker 1876
Cervus timorensis Blainville 1822
Cervus trigonocerus Kaup 1839
Cervus triplidens Lydekker 1876
Cervus tuberculatus Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Cervus unicolor Kerr 1792 [sambar]
Invalid names: Cervus aguangae Frick 1937 [nomen dubium], Cervus fortisi Cope 1878 [nomen dubium], Proboselaphus Matsumoto 1915 [synonym], Proboselaphus watasei Matsumoto 1915 [nomen dubium], Przewalskium Flerov 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Comments: based on Walker (1975)g
Created: 2009-01-04 11:01:15
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:01:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (396 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Pakistan (Punjab) C. sp. (232185)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Italy C. sp. (96713)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Taiwan C. sp. (76857) C. sp., C. taiouanus (76865)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Taiwan (Taichung) C. taiouanus (76862)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Taiwan (Tainan) C. sp. (76866 76867)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Taiwan (N/A) C. sp., C. taevanus, Cerves sp., C. sintikuensis, C. kokubuni, C. syatinensis (208234)
Neogene23.03 - 2.588Taiwan (Miao-li) C. sp. (76858) C. taiouanus (76859)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova C. sp. (75803)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) C. sp. (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Shanxi) C. sp. (13477)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ukraine C. furcatus (76296) C. sp. (76302 76304)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ukraine (Vinnitsa) C. sp. (76310)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Italy (Tuscany) C. elsanus (49333)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania C. australis (40795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) C. sp. (76502)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') C. elaphus (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia C. sp., Dama nestii (39882)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan C. sp. (34395)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Turkmenistan C. sp., C. elaphus (56640)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Azerbaijan C. elaphus (76500)