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Taxonomy:
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cordata
Class:
Mamalia
Order:
Atiodactyal
Family:
Cervidae
The family Cervidae, called Cervids are the ruminant mammals of which there are two sub-family groups: (1) the Cervinae, (chital, fallow deer, muntjac, red deer, rusa, sambar, and sika deer; (2) the Capreolinae, including the American elk, Eurasian elk, gray brocket, marsh deer, mule deer, pudu, red brocket, reindeer (caribou), taruca, water deer, Western roe deer, white-tailed deer and moose.
All male deer, (of all species except the Chinese water deer) and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year. This differs from permanently horned antelope, also in this order Artiodactyla, but in the family of Bovidae.
Sub-family:
Cervinae
The sub-family Cervinae is also known as the Old World Cervid.
Tribe:
Cervini
Genus:
Axis
Species:
A. axis,
Chital
Species:
A. calamianensie,
Calamian deer
Species:
A. Kuhli,
Bawean deer
Species:
A. porcinu
Indian hog deer
Genus:
Cervus
Species:
C. albirostris
Thorold′s deer
Species:
C. canadensis
Elk or American Wapiti: 13 subspecies
Species:
C. elaphus
Red Deer
Species:
C. hanglu
Central Asian red deer
Species:
C. nippon
Sika deer
Genus:
Dama
Species:
D. dama
Common fallow deer
Species:
D. mesopotamica
Persian fallow deer
Genus:
Elaphurus
Species:
E. davidanus
Pere David′s Deer
Genus:
Rucervus
Species:
R. duvaucelii;
Barasingha
Species:
R. eldii;
Eld′s deer
Species:
R. schomburgki
Schomburgk′s deer (extinct)
Genus:
Rusa
Species:
R. alfredi
Visayan spotted deer, Prince Alfred′s deer
Species:
R. Mariannus
Philippine Sambar or Philippine deer
Species:
R. timorensis
Javan rusa deer
Species:
R. unicolor
Sambar
Tribe:
Mutiacini
Genus:
Elaphodus
Species:
E. cephalopus
Tuffed deer
Genus:
Muntiacus
Species:
M. atherodes
Bornean yellow muntjac
Species:
M. crinifrons
Hairy-fronted muntjac
Species:
M. feae
Fea′s muntjac
Species:
M. gongshanesis
Gongshan muntjac
Species:
M. muntijak
Indian muntjac
Species:
M. montanum
Sumatran muntjac
Species:
M. puhoatensis
Pu Hoat Muntjac
Species:
M. putaoensis
Leaf Muntjac
Species:
M. reevesi
Reeves′s muntjac
Species:
M.rooseveltorum
Roosesvelt′s muntjack
Species:
M. truongsonensis
Truong Son muntjac
Species:
M. vuquangensis
Giant muntjac
Sub-family:
Capreolinae
The sub-family Capreolinae include primarily the New World Cervid.
Genus:
Alces
monotypic genus
Species:
A. alces (9 sub-species)
Tribe:
Capreolini
Genus:
Capreolus
Species:
C. capreolus
Roe deer, European
Species:
C. pygargus
Sigerian roe deer, Europe and Asia
Genus:
Hydropotes
Species:
H. inermis
Water deer, sub-species: Korea water deer and Chinese water deer
Tribe:
Odocoileini
Genus:
Blastocerus
Species:
B. dichotomus
Marsh deer, South America
Genus:
Hippocamelus
Species:
H. artisensis
Taruca, South America
Species:
H. bisulcus
Huemul, South America
Genus:
Mazama
Species:
M. americana
Red brocket, South America
Species:
M. bororo
Small red brocket, central eastern South America
Species:
M. bricenii
Mérida brocket or rufous brocket, Northern South America
Species:
M. chunyi
Dwarf brocket, western South America
Species:
M. gouazoubira
Gray brocket, South America
Species:
M. nana
Pygmy brocket, South America
Species:
M. nemorivage
Amazonian brown brocket, South America
Species:
M. pandora
Yucatan brown brocket, Yucatan
Species:
M. rufina
Little red brocket, swamp brocket, South America
Species:
M. temama (3 sub-species)
Red brocket, Central America
Species:
M. tienhoveni
Fair brocket, South America
Species:
O. hemionus, 10 sub-species
Mule Deer, Western North America
Species:
O. virginianus, 38 sub-species
White-tailed Deer, N. America, C. America, northern S. America
Genus:
Ozotoceros
Species:
O. bezoarticus
Pampas deer, Central South America
Genus:
Pudella
Species:
P. carlae
Peruvian Yungas puda, Peru, South America
Species:
P. mephistophiles
Northern puda, northeastern South America
Genus:
Pudu
Species:
P. puda
Capra or Southern puda, southeastern South America
Genus:
Rangifer
Species:
R. articus
Arctic Carabou, North American Arctic
Species:
R. caribou
Woodland Caribou, North Amerca, Finland, Russia
Species:
R. fennicus
Forest Reindeer, Finland and Russia
Species:
R. groenlandicus
Greenland reindeer, Southwestern Greenland
Species:
R. platyrhynchus
Svalbard reindeer, Svalbard, Norway
Species:
R. tarandus
Turndra or mountain reindeer,
Russia, Kamchatka, Siberia, Norway, Iceland
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