Cervus nippon

Cervus nippon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Artiodactyla Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Cervinae
Genus: Cervus
Species: Cervus nippon
Subspecies: C. n. grassianus – C. n. hortulorum – C. n. keramae – C. n. kopschi – C. n. mandarinus – C. n. nippon – C. n. taiouanus – C. n. yesoensis

Name

Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838

Type locality: Kyushu, Japan

References

• Iida, T., Soga, M. & Koike, S. 2016. Effects of an increase in population of sika deer on beetle communities in deciduous forests. ZooKeys 625: 67–85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.625.9116 . Reference page. 
• Yang, C. et al. 2012: The complete mitochondrial genome of the Chinese Sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838), and phylogenetic analysis among Cervidae, Moschidae and Bovidae. Journal of natural history, 46(27-28): 1747-1759. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.693959 . Reference page. 

Links

• Cervus nippon in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Cervus nippon  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

dansk: Sika
Deutsch: Sikahirsch
English: Sika, Sika Deer
español: Ciervo sica
suomi: Japaninhirvi, japaninpeura
français: Cerf Sika
magyar: Szikaszarvas
日本語: ニホンジカ
한국어: 사슴
português: Sika
svenska: Sikahjort
ไทย: กวางซีก้า
中文: 梅花鹿

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