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Taxon: Genus Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 - red deer (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1735. Syst. Nat. [ed. 1]: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 66.
Unavailable original rank: 

Types

Type of: Cerviformes (Order) Zagorodnyuk, 1998 Ref: Загороднюк, І.В. / Zagorodnyuk, I.V., 1998: 143. [new] [inferred]
Type of: Cervini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788
Type of: Cervoidei (Suborder) Zagorodnyuk, 1998 Ref: Загороднюк, І.В. / Zagorodnyuk, I.V., 1998: 143. [new] [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Cervus (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Variants

Unavailable name: Cervus (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Axis (Genus) Smith, 1827 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Dama (Genus) Frisch, 1775 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Elaphurus (Genus) Milne-Edwards, 1866 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Przewalskium (Subgenus) Flerov, 1930 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Rucervus (Genus) Hodgson, 1838 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Rusa (Genus) Smith, 1827 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Sika (Genus) Sclater, 1870 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: edelherten

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: red deer
: wapiti
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