Biology:Cervinae
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Short description: Subfamily of deer
| Cervinae | |
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| Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Cervinae Goldfuss, 1820 |
| Genera | |
The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the plesiometacarpal deer, due to their ankle structure being different from the telemetacarpal deer of the Capreolinae.
Classification and species
The following species are recognised in extant genera:[1][2][3][4][5]
- Tribe Muntiacini
- Genus Elaphodus
- Tufted deer (E. cephalophus)
- Genus Muntiacus
- Bornean yellow muntjac (M. atherodes)
- Hairy-fronted muntjac (M. crinifrons)
- Fea's muntjac (M. feae)
- Gongshan muntjac (M. gongshanensis)
- Indian muntjac (M. muntjak)
- Sumatran muntjac (M. montanum)
- Pu Hoat muntjac (M. puhoatensis)
- Leaf muntjac (M. putaoensis)
- Reeves's muntjac (M. reevesi)
- Roosevelt's muntjac (M. rooseveltorum)
- Truong Son muntjac or Annamite muntjac (M. truongsonensis)
- Giant muntjac (M. vuquangensis)
- Genus Elaphodus
- Tribe Cervini ("true" deer)
- Genus Dama
- Common fallow deer (D. dama)
- Persian fallow deer (D. mesopotamica)
- Genus Axis
- Chital (A. axis)
- Calamian deer (A. calamianensis)
- Bawean deer (A. kuhlii)
- Indian hog deer (A. porcinus)
- Genus Rucervus
- Barasingha (R. duvaucelii)
- Eld's deer (R. eldii)
- †Schomburgk's deer (R. schomburgki)
- Genus Elaphurus
- Père David's deer (E. davidianus)
- Genus Rusa
- Visayan spotted deer or Prince Alfred's deer (R. alfredi)
- Philippine deer or Philippine sambar (R. mariannus)
- Javan rusa deer (R. timorensis)
- Sambar (R. unicolor)
- Genus Cervus
- Thorold's deer (C. albirostris)
- Elk or American wapiti (C. canadensis)
- Red deer (C. elaphus)
- Central Asian red deer (C. hanglu)
- Sika deer (C. nippon)
- Genus Dama
Extinct genera
- †Amphiprox
- †Candiacervus
- †Cervavitus
- †Croizetoceros
- †Dicrocerus
- †Eucladoceros
- †Euprox
- †Haploidoceros
- †Heteroprox
- †Megaceroides
- †Megaloceros
- †Praemegaceros
- †Pseudodama
- †Sinomegaceros
References
- ↑ Randi, E. et al. (February 2001). "A mitochondrial DNA control region phylogeny of the Cervinae: speciation in Cervus and implications for conservation". Animal Conservation 4 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1017/S1367943001001019.
- ↑ Pitraa, C. et al. (December 2004). "Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (3): 880–895. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.07.013. PMID 15522810.
- ↑ Alvarez D. (2007)[full citation needed]
- ↑ Duarte, J.M.B.; González, S.; Maldonado, J.E. (October 2008). "The surprising evolutionary history of South American deer". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (1): 17–22. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.07.009. PMID 18675919.
- ↑ "A new perspective on Ungulate Taxonomy". http://www.ultimateungulate.com/NewTaxonomy.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q122431 entry
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