Cervinae

The Cervinae or the Old World deer (denoting their place of origin, not their current distribution), 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.

Cervinae
Temporal range: Late Miocene to recent
Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Goldfuss, 1820
Genera

Classification and species

The list is based on the studies of Randi, Mucci, Claro-Hergueta, Bonnet and Douzery (2001); Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004); Ludt, Schroeder, Rottmann and Kuehn (2004); Hernandez-Fernandez and Vrba (2005); Groves (2006); Ruiz-Garcia, M., Randi, E., Martinez-Aguero, M. and Alvarez D. (2007); Duarte, J.M.B., Gonzalez, S. and Maldonado, J.E. (2008); Groves and Grubb (2011)[1]

  • Tribe Muntiacini
  • Tribe Cervini ("true" deer)
    • Genus Dama
    • Genus Axis
    • Genus Rucervus
      • Schomburgk's deer (R. schomburgki)
      • Western swamp deer (R. branderi, considered to be a subspecies of R. duvaucelii)
      • Barasingha (R. duvaucelii)
      • Eastern swamp deer (R. ranjitsinhi, considered to be a subspecies of R. duvaucelii)
    • Genus Panolia[2]
      • Eld's deer (P. eldii)
      • Eastern Eld's deer (P. siamensis, considered by some authorities a subspecies of P. eldii)
      • Thamin (P. thamin, considered by some authorities a subspecies of P. eldii)
    • Genus Elaphurus
    • Genus Hyelaphus[2]
    • Genus Rusa (considered by some authorities to be a junior synonym of Cervus)
      • Visayan spotted deer or Prince Alfred's deer (R. alfredi)
      • Philippine deer or Philippine sambar (R. mariannus)
      • Mindoro deer (R. barandanus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of R. mariannus)
      • Mindanao mountain deer (R. nigellus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of R. mariannus)
      • Javan rusa deer (R. timorensis)
      • Southeast Asian sambar (R. equinus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of R. unicolor)
      • Sri Lankan sambar (R. unicolor)
    • Genus Cervus
      • Alashan wapiti (C. alashanicus; considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. canadensis)
      • Thorold's deer (C. albirostris)
      • Red deer (C. elaphus)
      • Caspian red deer or Maral deer (C. maral, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. elaphus)
      • Corsican red deer (C. corsicanus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. elaphus)
      • Yarkand deer (C. yarkandensis, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. elaphus)
      • Bactrian deer (C. bactrianus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. elaphus)
      • Sichuan deer or Sichuan wapiti (Cervus macneilli, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. canadensis)
      • Sika deer (C. nippon)
      • Vietnamese deer (C. pseudaxis, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. nippon)
      • Tsushima Island deer (C. pulchellus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. nippon)
      • Formosan deer (C. taiouanus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. nippon)
      • Elk or American wapiti (C. canadensis)
      • Kashmir stag or Kashmir wapiti (C. hanglu, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. elaphus or C. canadensis)
      • Manchurian wapiti (C. xanthopygus, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. canadensis)
      • Tibetan red deer or Tibetan wapiti (C. wallichi, considered by some authorities a subspecies of C. canadensis)
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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2013-01-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Pitraa, Fickela; Meijaard, Groves (2004). "Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33: 880–895. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.07.013. PMID 15522810. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-12.
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