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Cervus
Taxonomy
Cervus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Cervus elaphus.
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Cervina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Cervidae by Carroll (1988) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Cervini by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Cervinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Pecora by Linnaeus (1758); to Cervina by Gray (1825); to Ruminantia by Owen (1848); to Cervidae by Carroll (1988) and Shoshani et al. (1989); to Cervini by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); and to Cervinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Species
C. albirostris, C. alfredi, C. brevitrabalis (syn. Alces semipalmatus), C. cornaliai, C. davidianus, C. dawkinsi, C. duvaucelii, C. elaphus (syn. C. canadensis, C. merriami) (type species), C. eldi, C. fortis, C. intermedius, C. minor, C. nippon, C. patachonicus, C. schomburgki, C. timorensis, C. unicolor, Rusa equina (syn. C. axis)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Cervus Linnaeus p. 66 |
| 1825 | Cervus Gray p. 342 |
| 1827 | Rusa Smith |
| 1838 | Rucervus Hodgson |
| 1848 | Cervus Owen p. 139 |
| 1866 | Elaphurus Milne-Edwards |
| 1930 | Przewalskium Flerov |
| 1980 | Rusa Zhang et al. |
| 1988 | Cervus Carroll |
| 1988 | Elaphurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Cervus Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 2003 | Cervus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2008 | Cervus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2008 | Elaphurus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
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