Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.67

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Artiodactyla: family
Cervidae: genus
Cervus: species
Cervus elaphus

Name

Synonyms: Cervus albicus Matschie, 1907; Cervus albifrons Reichenbach, 1845; Cervus albus Desmarest, 1822; Cervus atlanticus Lönnberg, 1906; Cervus balticus Matschie, 1907; Cervus elaphus carpathicus Tatarinov, 1956; Cervus elaphus tauricus Fortunatov, 1925; Cervus germanicus Desmarest, 1822; Cervus hippelaphus Erxleben, 1777; Cervus hispanicus Hilzheimer, 1909; Cervus mediterraneus de Blainville, 1822; Cervus merriami Nelson, 1902; Cervus minor Wagner, 1855; Cervus montanus Botezat, 1903; Cervus neglectus Matschie, 1912; Cervus rhenanus Matschie, 1907; Cervus saxonicus Matschie, 1912; Cervus scoticus Lönnberg, 1906; Cervus typicus Lydekker, 1898; Cervus varius Fitzinger, 1874
Homonyms: Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Cerb-nobil in Romanian; Cerf élaphe in French; Cervo nobile in Italian; Ciervo colorado in language.; Ciervo común in Spanish; Ciervo común in Spanish; Ciervo rojo in Spanish; Dreri in Albanian; Edelhert in Dutch; Edelhirsch in language.; Elk in language.; European red deer in language.; Gímszarvas in Hungarian; Hangul in language.; Hirsch in Luxembourgish; Hjort in Norwegian; Jelen in Croatian; Jelen lesní in Czech; Krondyr in Danish; Krondyr in Danish; Kronhjort in Swedish; Krónhjörtur in Icelandic; Maral in language.; Navadni jelen in Slovenian; Punahirv in Estonian; Red Deer in language.; Red Deer (see comments) in English; Red Deer (see comments) in English; Red deer in English; Rothirsch in German; Rothirsch in German; Rothirsch in German; Rothirsch in language.; Rothirsch in language.; Rotwild in language.; Saksanhirvi in Finnish; Shou in language.; Staltbriedis in Latvian; Taurusis elnias in Lithuanian; Ulugeyik in Turkish; Veado in Portuguese; Wapiti in language.; cerf elaphe in language.; cerf rouge, cerf élaphe in French; deer in language.; edelhert in Dutch; elk in English; elk in English; elk in English; elk in language.

Bibliographic References

(1996) NODC Taxonomic Code
(2001) database, Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
(2003) database, http://www.menv.gouv.qc.ca/biodiversite/centre.htm
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International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
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