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Cervidae Gray, 1821

115925  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:115925)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Mammalia (Class)
  7. Theria (Subclass)
  8. Eutheria (Infraclass)
  9. Artiodactyla (Order)
  10. Cervidae (Family)
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Family
Lagomerycidae Pilgrim, 1941 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Agalmaceros Hoffstetter, 1952 †
  2. Genus Alces Gray, 1821
  3. Genus Allocaenelaphus Radulesco & Samson, 1967 †
  4. Genus Andinocervus Ramírez-Chaves, Morales-Martínez, Cardona-Giraldo, Ossa-lópez, Rivera-Páez & Noguera-Urbano, 2025
  5. Genus Antifer Ameghino, 1889 †
  6. Genus Axis Smith, 1827
  7. Genus Bisbalus Pinto Sandoval et al., 2024
  8. Genus Blastocerus Wagner in Schreber, 1844
  9. Genus Bretzia Fry & Gustafson, 1974 †
  10. Genus Capreolus Gray, 1821
  11. Genus Cervalces Scott, 1885 †
  12. Genus Cervavitulus Kretzoi, 1951 †
  13. Genus Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  14. Genus Charitoceros Hoffstetter, 1963 †
  15. Genus Croizetoceros Heintz, 1968 †
  16. Genus Dama Frisch, 1775
  17. Genus Diglochis Gervais, 1859 †
  18. Genus Elaphodus Milne-Edwards, 1872
  19. Genus Elaphurus Milne-Edwards, 1866
  20. Genus Eocoileus Webb, 2000 †
  21. Genus Eostyloceros Zdansky, 1926 †
  22. Genus Eucladoceros Falconer, 1868 †
  23. Genus Haploidoceros Croitor, Bonifay & Brugal, 2008 †
  24. Genus Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  25. Genus Hydropotes Swinhoe, 1870
  26. Genus Ligeromeryx Azanza & Ginsburg, 1997 †
  27. Genus Lucentia Azanza & Montoya, 1995 †
  28. Genus Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
  29. Genus Megaceroides Joleaud, 1914 †
  30. Genus Megaloceros Brookes, 1827 †
  31. Genus Metacervulus Teilhard de Chardin & Trassaert, 1937 †
  32. Genus Morenelaphus Carette, 1923 †
  33. Genus Muva Deraniyagala, 1958 †
  34. Genus Navahoceros Kurtén, 1975 †
  35. Genus Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  36. Genus Paracervulus Teilhard de Chardin & Trassaert, 1937 †
  37. Genus Pavlodaria Vislobokova, 1980 †
  38. Genus Praemegaceros Portis, 1920 †
  39. Genus Praemuntiacus Croitor, Zakharov & Mararescul, 2020 †
  40. Genus Procapreolus Schlosser, 1924 †
  41. Genus Przewalskium Flerow, 1930
  42. Genus Pseudalces Flerov, 1962 †
  43. Genus Pudu Gray, 1852
  44. Genus Rangifer Smith, 1827
  45. Genus Rucervus Hodgson, 1838
  46. Genus Rusa Smith, 1827
  47. Genus Sangamona Hay, 1920 †
  48. Genus Stephanocemas Colbert, 1936 †
  49. Genus Tamanalces Vereshchagin, 1957 †
  50. Genus Torontoceros Churcher & Peterson, 1982 †
  51. Genus Turiacemas Azanza Asensio, 2000 †
  52. Genus Xenocervulus Croitor, 2025 †
  53. Genus Achlis Fischer, 1829 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  54. Genus Achlis Reichenbach, 1845 accepted as Rangifer Smith, 1827
  55. Genus Achlys Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  56. Genus Alce Frisch, 1775 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  57. Genus Alce Blumenbach, 1799 † accepted as Megaloceros Brookes, 1827 † (?unavailable name)
  58. Genus Alce Smith, 1827 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821 (variant spelling)
  59. Genus Alcelaphus Gloger, 1841 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  60. Genus Alcis Gray, 1850 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  61. Genus Alus Gray, 1825 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  62. Genus Amphimoschus Gervais, 1867-69 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  63. Genus Anaglokis Robert, 1830 † (Misspelling)
  64. Genus Anomalocera Philippi, 1870 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  65. Genus Anomalocera Gray, 1869 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  66. Genus Anomolocera Gray, 1869 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  67. Genus Aplacerus Hall & Kelson, 1959 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  68. Genus Azarina Larrañaga, 1923 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
  69. Genus Bezoarticus Marelli, 1932 accepted as Blastocerus Wagner in Schreber, 1844
  70. Genus Blastoceras Fitzinger, 1860 accepted as Blastocerus Wagner in Schreber, 1844
  71. Genus Blastoceros Fitzinger, 1860 accepted as Blastocerus Wagner in Schreber, 1844
  72. Genus Blastoros Knottnerus-Meyer, 1907 accepted as Blastocerus Wagner in Schreber, 1844
  73. Genus Caninmuntiacus Giao, Tuoc, Eric, Dung et al., 1997 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  74. Genus Caprea Ogilby, 1837 accepted as Capreolus Gray, 1821
  75. Genus Capreolus Frisch, 1775 accepted as Capreolus Gray, 1821
  76. Genus Caproea Lesson, 1842 accepted as Capreolus Gray, 1821
  77. Genus Careolus Wagner in Schreber, 1855 accepted as Capreolus Gray, 1821
  78. Genus Cariacus Lesson, 1842 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  79. Genus Cerous d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1847 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  80. Genus Ceruus Murr, 1775 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  81. Genus Cervequus Lesson, 1842 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  82. Genus Cervulus de Blainville, 1816 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  83. Genus Coassus Gray, 1825 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  84. Genus Coassus Gray, 1843 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
  85. Genus Creagroceros Fitzinger, 1874 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  86. Genus Dactyloceros Wagner in Schreber, 1855 accepted as Dama Frisch, 1775
  87. Genus Dama Gray, 1825 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  88. Genus Dama Smith, 1827
  89. Genus Dama Zimmermann, 1780 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  90. Genus Deperetia Shikama, 1936 † accepted as Bohlinella Palmer, 1939 †
  91. Genus Dicroceras Beddard in Harmer & Shipley, 1902 (Misspelling)
  92. Genus Dicrocercus Wallace, 1876 (Misspelling)
  93. Genus Dicroceros Agassiz, 1842 (Misspelling)
  94. Genus Dioplon Brookes, 1828 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  95. Genus Diopplon Brookes, 1828 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  96. Genus Doratoceros Lydekker, 1915 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
  97. Genus Dorcelaphus Gloger, 1841 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  98. Genus Doryceros Fitzinger, 1873 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  99. Genus Edoceros Avila-Pires, 1957 accepted as Blastocerus Wagner in Schreber, 1844
  100. Genus Elaphalces Brookes, 1828 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  101. Genus Elaphoceros Fitzinger, 1873 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  102. Genus Elaphoceros Fitzinger, 1874 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  103. Genus Elaphuroides Otsuka, 1972 † accepted as Elaphurus Milne-Edwards, 1866 (synonym)
  104. Genus Elaphus Smith, 1827 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  105. Genus Elephalces Brookes, 1830 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  106. Genus Eucervus Acloque, 1899 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  107. Genus Eucervus Gray, 1866 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  108. Genus Euraxis Di Stefano & Petronio, 1998 † accepted as Pseudodama Azzaroli, 1992 † accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  109. Genus Furcifer Wagner in Schreber, 1844 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  110. Genus Gymnatis Fitzinger, 1878 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  111. Genus Gymnotis Fitzinger, 1879 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  112. Genus Hamela Ameghino, 1889 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  113. Genus Harana Hodgson, 1838 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  114. Genus Hippelaphus Sundevall, 1846 accepted as Rusa Smith, 1827
  115. Genus Homelaphus Gray, 1872 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
  116. Genus Huamela Gray, 1872 accepted as Hippocamelus Leuckart, 1816
  117. Genus Hydrelaphus Lydekker, 1898 accepted as Hydropotes Swinhoe, 1870
  118. Genus Hyelaphus Sundevall, 1846 accepted as Axis Smith, 1827
  119. Genus Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1992 † accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, currently accepted as subgenus)
  120. Genus Leptocervus Capasso Barbato, 1991 † accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, currently accepted as subgenus)
  121. Genus Lophotragus Swinhoe, ? 1875 accepted as Elaphodus Milne-Edwards, 1872
  122. Genus Machlis Kaup † accepted as Dama Frisch, 1775
  123. Genus Macrotis Wagner in Schreber, 1855 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  124. Genus Mazama Smith, 1827 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  125. Genus Megaceros Owen, 1844 † accepted as Megaloceros Brookes, 1827 †
  126. Genus Megaloceros Pictet, 1853 † accepted as Megaloceros Brookes, 1827 †
  127. Genus Megalocerus Brookes, 1828 † accepted as Megaloceros Brookes, 1827 †
  128. Genus Megamuntiacus Tuoc, Dung, Dawson, Arctander & MacKinnon, 1994 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  129. Genus Melanaxis Heude, 1888 accepted as Rusa Smith, 1827
  130. Genus Metaplatyceros Shikama, 1941 † accepted as Elaphurus Milne-Edwards, 1866 (synonym)
  131. Genus Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  132. Genus Muntiacus Gray, 1852 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  133. Genus Muntjaccus Gray, 1825 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  134. Genus Muntjacus Gray, 1842 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  135. Genus Nanelaphus Fitzinger, 1873 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  136. Genus Nipponicervus Kretzoi, 1941 † accepted as Bohlinella Palmer, 1939 †
  137. Genus Notomegaceros Gliozzi & Malatesta, 1984 † accepted as Praemegaceros Portis, 1920 †
  138. Genus Odocoelus Allen, 1901 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  139. Genus Odontocoelus Sclater, 1902 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  140. Genus Oplacerus Haldeman, 1842 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  141. Genus Otelaphus Fitzinger, 1874 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  142. Genus Ozelaphus Knottnerus-Meyer, 1907 accepted as Ozotoceros Ameghino, 1891
  143. Genus Ozotoceras Palmer, 1904 accepted as Ozotoceros Ameghino, 1891
  144. Genus Ozotoceros Ameghino, 1891
  145. Genus Palaeodocoileus Spillman, 1931 accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  146. Genus Palmatus Lydekker, 1898 accepted as Dama Frisch, 1775
  147. Genus Palonia Poirier, 1883 accepted as Rucervus Hodgson, 1838
  148. Genus Panolia Gray, 1843 accepted as Rucervus Hodgson, 1838
  149. Genus Paralces Allen, 1902 accepted as Alces Gray, 1821
  150. Genus Passalites Gloger, 1841 accepted as Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
  151. Genus Platyceros Zimmermann, 1780 accepted as Dama Frisch, 1775
  152. Genus Platyceros Wagner in Schreber, 1844 accepted as Dama Frisch, 1775
  153. Genus Procerus Serres, 1832 accepted as Rangifer Smith, 1827
  154. Genus Procervus Blainville, 1840 accepted as Rangifer Smith, 1827
  155. Genus Procervus Hodgson, 1847 accepted as Rucervus Hodgson, 1838
  156. Genus Procervus Aleksejev, 1915 † accepted as Cervavitus Chomenko, 1913 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  157. Genus Procops Pocock, 1923 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  158. Genus Protomazama Spillmann, 1931 † accepted as Odocoileus Rafinesque, 1832
  159. Genus Prox Ogilby, 1837 accepted as Muntiacus Rafinesque, 1815
  160. Genus Pseudaxis Gray, 1872 accepted as Cervus Linnaeus, 1758
  161. Genus Pseudocervus Hodgson, 1841 (unaccepted)
  162. Genus Pseudodama Azzaroli, 1992 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, syn. of Cervus (Metacervocerus))
  163. Genus Pudella Thomas, 1913 (unaccepted)
  164. Genus Pudua Brooke, 1879 (unaccepted)
  165. Genus Pudua Garrod, 1877 (unaccepted)
  166. Genus Rangifer Frisch, 1775 (unaccepted)
  167. Genus Recervus Gray, 1846 (unaccepted)
  168. Genus Recurvus Jaeger & Bessels in Petermann, 1870 (unaccepted)
  169. Genus Reduncina Wagner in Schreber, 1844 (unaccepted)
  170. Genus Roussa Heude, 1888 (unaccepted)
  171. Genus Rusas Brookes, 1828 (unaccepted)
  172. Genus Russa Gray, 1843 (unaccepted)
  173. Genus Sambur Heude, 1888 (unaccepted)
  174. Genus Sica Trouessart, 1898 (unaccepted)
  175. Genus Sika Sclater, 1870 (unaccepted)
  176. Genus Sikaillus Heude, 1898 (unaccepted)
  177. Genus Sikailus Heude, 1898 (unaccepted)
  178. Genus Sikelaphus Heude, 1894 (unaccepted)
  179. Genus Stehlinocemas Ginsburg, 1985 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  180. Genus Stehlinoceros Azanza & Menendez, 1990 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  181. Genus Stephanoceras Colbert, 1936 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  182. Genus Styloceros Gloger, 1841 (unaccepted)
  183. Genus Stylocerus Smith, 1827 (unaccepted)
  184. Genus Subula Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted)
  185. Genus Subulo Smith, 1827 (unaccepted)
  186. Genus Subulus Brookes, 1828 (unaccepted)
  187. Genus Tarandus Gray, 1825 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  188. Genus Tarandus Billberg, 1828 (unaccepted)
  189. Genus Thaocervus Pocock, 1943 (unaccepted)
  190. Genus Ussa Heude, 1888 (unaccepted)
  191. Genus Xenelaphus Gray, 1870 (unaccepted)
  192. Genus Aboloceros Gloger, 1841 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  193. Genus Amphimoschus Bourgeois, 1873 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  194. Genus Anoglochis Croizet & Jobert, 1826 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  195. Genus Arvernoceros Heintz, 1968 (uncertain, unassessed)
  196. Genus Bohlinella Palmer, 1939 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  197. Genus Cervavitus Chomenko, 1913 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  198. Genus Cervodama Pidoplitchko & Flerov, 1952 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  199. Genus Dicrocemas Kretzoi, 1974 (uncertain, unassessed)
  200. Genus Dicrocerus Lartet, 1837 (uncertain, unassessed)
  201. Genus Doryceros Fitzinger, 1874 (uncertain, unassessed)
  202. Genus Euctenoceros Trouessart, 1898 (uncertain, unassessed)
  203. Genus Euprox Stehlin, 1928 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  204. Genus Habromeryx Cabrera, 1929 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  205. Genus Hippelaphus Bonaparte, 1836 (uncertain, unassessed)
  206. Genus Libralces Azzaroli, 1952 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  207. Genus Nanelaphus Fitzinger, 1874 (uncertain, unassessed)
  208. Genus Orotherium Aymard, 1850 (uncertain, unassessed)
  209. Genus Paradicrocerus Gabuniya, 1959 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  210. Genus Procervulus Gaudry, 1878 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2022). Cervidae Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115925 on 2026-05-27
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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details] 

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details] 

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Eutheria (Infraclass) > Artiodactyla (Order) > Ruminantia (Suborder) > Pecora (Infraorder) > Cervidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): T; stratigraphic range: Oligocene (Chattian)-Miocene (Lower Miocene) [details]
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