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species in the
genus Cervus.
Genetic and
morphological evidence suggest more
species should be recognized. For example, the
species Cervus canadensis (elk/wapiti)...
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simply the
spotted deer) and
axis deer. The
chital was
first described by
Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777 as
Cervus axis. In 1827,
Charles Hamilton...
- German: elaho. The
American Cervus canadensis was
recognized as a
relative of the red deer (
Cervus elaphus) of Europe, and so
Cervus canadensis were referred...
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Axis is a
genus of deer
occurring in
South and
Southeast Asia. As
presently defined by most authorities, four
species are
placed in the genus.
Three of...
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ducking under obstacles instead of
leaping over them, like most
other deer.
Cervus porcinus was the
scientific name used by
Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann...
- The red deer (
Cervus elaphus) is one of the
largest deer species. A male red deer is
called a stag or hart, and a
female is
called a doe or hind. The red...
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found that the
Irish elk was
nested within Cervus, and were
inside the
clade containing living red deer (
Cervus elaphus).
Based on this, the
authors suggested...
- Eld in 1841; it was
suggested to call the deer
Cervus Eldii.
McClelland coined the
scientific name
Cervus (Rusa)
frontals in 1843. In 1850, John Edward...
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placed under Cervus are not as
closely related as once thought,
resulting in the
creation of
several new genera. The
ancestor of all
Cervus species probably...
- and thus two taxa of deer have been
identified from the fossils:
Axis and
Cervus.
Throughout deposits of the
Terminal Pleistocene and
early Holocene...
