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Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758

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

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 minor Wagner, 1855
Cervus montanus Botezat, 1903
Cervus neglectus Matschie, 1912
Cervus rhenanus Matschie, 1907
Cervus saxonicus Matschie, 1912
Cervus scoticus Lönnberg, 1906
Cervus spec Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus typicus Lydekker, 1898
Cervus varius Fitzinger, 1874
Homonyms
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Barbary Red Deer (barbarus) in English
Bukhara Red Deer (bactrianus) in English
Caspian Red Deer / Maral (maral) in English
Cerb-nobil in Romanian
Cerf élaphe in English
Cerf élaphe in French
Cervo nobile in Italian
Ciervo in English
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 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 (see comments) in English
Red deer in English
Rothirsch in German
Rothirsch in English
Rothirsch in German
Rothirsch in language.
Rothirsch in German
Rothirsch in language.
Rotwild in language.
Saksanhirvi in Finnish
Shou in language.
Staltbriedis in Latvian
Tarim Red Deer (yarkandensis) in English
Taurusis elnias in Lithuanian
Thyrrenian Red Deer (corsicanus) in English
Ulugeyik in Turkish

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Hall, R. (2016-05-01 22:00:00) Däggdjur
  3. 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)
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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