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 | |
|---|---|
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| 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 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
References
- Randi, E.; Mucci, N.; 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.; Fickel, J.; 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)
- 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.
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