IRMNG - Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

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Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1280855 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1280855)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cervidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Cerous d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1847 · unaccepted

Ceruus Murr, 1775 · unaccepted

Elaphoceros Fitzinger, 1873 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Elaphoceros Fitzinger, 1874 · unaccepted

Elaphus Smith, 1827 · unaccepted

Eucervus Acloque, 1899 · unaccepted

Euraxis Di Stefano & Petronio, 1998 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Harana Hodgson, 1838 · unaccepted

Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1992 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (currently accepted as subgenus)

Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1991 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (currently accepted as subgenus)

Pseudaxis Gray, 1872 · unaccepted

Pseudocervus Hodgson, 1841 · unaccepted

Pseudodama Azzaroli, 1992 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (syn. of Cervus (Metacervocerus))

Sica Trouessart, 1898 · unaccepted

Sika Sclater, 1870 · unaccepted

Sikaillus Heude, 1898 · unaccepted

Sikailus Heude, 1898 · unaccepted

Sikelaphus Heude, 1894 · unaccepted

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Species Cervus aarandus
Species Cervus albirostris Przewalski, 1883
Species Cervus alces
Species Cervus alfredi Sclater, 1870
Species Cervus duvaucelii G. Cuvier, 1823
Species Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cervus eldii M'Clelland, 1842
Species Cervus mariannus Desmarest, 1822
Species Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838
Species Cervus porcinus Zimmermann, 1780
Species Cervus schomburgki Blyth, 1863
Species Cervus timorensis Blainville, 1822
Species Cervus unicolor Kerr, 1792
Species Cervus leucurus Douglas, 1829 accepted as Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann, 1780)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 66 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Formerly included Rusa, Rucervus, and Przewalskium as subgenera, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005.

Taxonomic remark Formerly included Rusa, Rucervus, and Przewalskium as subgenera, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Cervus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1280855 on 2025-03-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 66 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Pseudaxis Gray, 1872) Cat. rumin. Mamm. Brit. Mus.
page(s): 70 [details]

original description (of Sikailus Heude, 1898) Mém. Emp. Chin., 4 (2), 98 (as Sikaillus; also as Sikailus p. 109). [details]

original description (of Sika Sclater, 1870) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870
page(s): 115 [details]

original description (of Sikelaphus Heude, 1894) Mém. Emp. Chin., 2 (3)
page(s): 146 [details]

original description (of Sikaillus Heude, 1898) Mém. Emp. Chin., 4 (2), 98 (as Sikailus p. 109). [details]

original description (of Elaphoceros Fitzinger, 1874) S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Cl., 68 (1), 347
page(s): 352 [details]

original description (of Sica Trouessart, 1898) Cat. Mamm., n. ed., 2
page(s): 878 [details]

original description (of Elaphoceros Fitzinger, 1873) Anz. Akad. Wien, 10
page(s): 198 [details]

original description (of Elaphus Smith, 1827) in Griffith's Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Mamm., Syn.
page(s): 307 [details]

original description (of Pseudocervus Hodgson, 1841) Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 2 (6)
page(s): 219 [details]

original description (of Ceruus Murr, 1775) Naturf., 7
page(s): 45 [details]

original description (of Eucervus Acloque, 1899) Faune France, 1, 1900
page(s): 71 [details]

original description (of Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1992 †) Atti Accad Naz Lincei Cl Sci Fis Mat Nat Mem Lincee Sci Fis Nat 1 (7)
page(s): 193 [details]

original description (of Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1991 †) Quaternaire 1 (3-4)
page(s): 268 [details]

original description (of Harana Hodgson, 1838) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1 (2)
page(s): 154 [details]

original description (of Cerous d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1847) Voy. Amér. mérid., 9 (Mamm.), tab
page(s): 20 [details]

original description (of Pseudodama Azzaroli, 1992 †) Palaeontographia Italica 79
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Euraxis Di Stefano & Petronio, 1998 †) Neues Jahrb Geol Palaeontol Abh 207 (1), Januar
page(s): 52 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Formerly included Rusa, Rucervus, and Przewalskium as subgenera, refer Wilson & Reeder, 2005. [details]

Type species as cited Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758. [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1992 †)
To BioNames database (from synonym Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1991 †)
To BioNames database (from synonym Pseudodama Azzaroli, 1992 †)
To BioNames database (from synonym Euraxis Di Stefano & Petronio, 1998 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1992 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Euraxis Di Stefano & Petronio, 1998 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Pseudodama Azzaroli, 1992 †)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1991 †)