Cervidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Cladus: Pan-Euungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Cladus: Paraxonia Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Cervoidea

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamiliae (2 + †2): Capreolinae – Cervinae – †Dicrocerinae – †Lagomerycinae

Name

Cervidae Batsch, 1788

Type genus: Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

Cervina Batsch, 1788: 105 [original spelling]; Goldfuss, 1820: II. xx, 374
Cervidae Gray, 1821: 307

References

Primary references

Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien. Erster Theil. Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische. Jena: Akademischen Buchandlung, 528 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79854.
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.
Dubois, A. & Bour, R. 2010. The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 149–171.
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