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Monotypic taxon: Family Moschidae Gray, 1821 - musk deer (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Subsequent positions

Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably Blastomerycinae (Subfamily) Frick, 1937
Questionably Dremotheriinae (Subfamily) Haeckel, 1895
Questionably Hispanomeryx (Genus) Morales, Moyà-Solà & Soria, 1981
Questionably Moschinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

Bovoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: I.M. Sánchez et al., 2010: 1025. [inferred rank] [implicit]

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 421.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.

Historical positions

Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 651.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 421.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 383; 6.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 127.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 641.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1g;7s;11ss; †8g;8s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 20 Jun 2022 [1g;7s;11ss; †2g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59 1g;7s
2005 P. Grubb: 652 [1g;7s;11ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [1g; †6g]
1993 P. Grubb 1g;4s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [1g];5s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024