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The family Cervidae consists of 55 extant species belonging to 19 genera in 2 subfamilies and divided into dozens of extant subspecies. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Additionally, one species, Schomburgk's deer, went extinct in 1938. [2] The classification is based on the molecular phylogeny. [3] [4] [5]
The sika deer is a member of the genus Cervus, a group of deer also known as the "true" deer, within the larger deer family, Cervidae. Formerly, sika were grouped together in this genus with nine other diverse species; these animals have since been found to be genetically different, and reclassified elsewhere under different genera.
A deer (pl.: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) and Capreolinae (which includes, among others reindeer (caribou), white-tailed deer, roe deer, and moose).
The family includes the largest members of the passerine order. The smallest corvid is the dwarf jay ( Cyanolyca nanus ), at 41 g (1.4 oz) and 21.5 cm (8.5 in). The largest corvids are the common raven ( Corvus corax ) and the thick-billed raven ( Corvus crassirostris ), both of which regularly exceed 1,400 grams (3.1 pounds) and 65 cm (26 in).
The extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros) was not a member of the genus Cervus but rather the largest member of the wider deer family (Cervidae) known from the fossil record. [ 11 ] Until recently, red deer and elk were considered to be one species, Cervus elaphus , [ 5 ] [ 12 ] with over a dozen subspecies.
Pudus are classified in the New World deer subfamily Capreolinae within the deer family Cervidae. The term "pudú" itself is derived from the language of the Mapuche people of the Los Lagos Region of south-central Chile. [6] Because they live on the slopes of the Andes Mountain Range, they are also known as the "Chilean mountain goat". [13]
Rucervus is a genus of deer from India, Nepal, Indochina, and the Chinese island of Hainan.The only extant representatives, the barasingha or swamp deer (R. duvaucelii) and Eld's deer (R. eldii), are threatened by habitat loss and hunting; another species, Schomburgk’s deer (R. schomburgki), went extinct in 1938. [1]
The Javan rusa or Sunda sambar (Rusa timorensis) is a large deer species native to Indonesia and East Timor. Introduced populations exist in a wide variety of locations in the Southern Hemisphere . Rusa is the Malay word for "deer" in general as well as lending to name of its own genus .