Cervidae

Cervus elaphus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Cervoidea

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamiliae (4 + 1†): Capreolinae – Cervinae – Hydropotinae – Muntiacinae – †Lagomerycinae

Name

Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820: II. xx ["Cervina"]

Synonymy

• Cervina Goldfuss, 1820: II. xx
• Cervidae Gray, 1821: 307

References

Primary references

• Goldfuss, G.A. 1820. Handbuch der Zoologie. Nürnberg: J. L. Schrag. Vols. I, II. Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  

Additional references

• Grubb P. 2000. Valid and invalid nomenclature of living and fossil deer, Cervidae. Acta Theriologica 45(3): 289–307. DOI: 10.4098/AT.ARCH.00-30 Reference page. 
• Croitor, R. 2018. Plio-Pleistocene Deer of Western Palearctic: Taxonomy, Systematics, Phylogeny. Chișinău: Academy of Sciences of Moldova. 140pp. ISBN 978-9975-66-609-1. ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Morales-Donoso, J.A., Vacari, G.Q., Bernegossi, A.M., Sandoval, E.D.P., Peres, P.H.F., Galindo, D.J., de Thoisy, B., Vozdova, M., Kubickova, S. & Duarte, J.M.B. 2023. Revalidation of Passalites Gloger, 1841 for the Amazon brown brocket deer P. nemorivagus (Cuvier, 1817) (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Cervidae). Zookeys 1167ː 241–264. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.100577 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Алені
বাংলা: হরিণ
Ελληνικά: Ελαφίδες
English: Deer
Esperanto: Cervedoj
español: Cérvidos
suomi: Hirvieläimet
Nordfriisk: Hirsker
français: Cervidés
hrvatski: Jeleni
magyar: Szarvasfélék, szarvasok
հայերեն: Եղջերուներ
日本語: シカ科
한국어: 사슴과
македонски: Елени
Nederlands: Hertachtigen
Diné bizaad: Bįįh
polski: Jeleniowate
português: Cervídeos
svenska: Hjortdjur
ไทย: กวาง, เนื้อ, เก้ง
Türkçe: Geyikgiller
українська: Оленеві
中文: 鹿科

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