Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably Alcinae (Subfamily) Brookes, 1828
Questionably †Cervavitulus (Genus) Kretzoi, 1951
Questionably Cervinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Questionably Hydropotinae (Subfamily) Trouessart, 1898
Questionably †Lucentia (Genus) Azanza & Montoya, 1995
Questionably Muntiacinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1923
Questionably †Muva (Genus) Deraniyagala, 1958
Questionably Odocoileinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1923
Questionably Rangiferinae (Subfamily) (Brookes, 1828) Pocock, 1923

Current position

Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 425.

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.
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: 652.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 425.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: 1995
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 384; 6.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 127.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 641.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1060.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16g;44s;73ss; ‡1g;1s;2ss; †45g;29s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	16g;44s; ‡1g;1s; †46g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	18g;53s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[16g; ‡1g; †46g]
1993	P. Grubb	16g;43[42]s; ‡[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[13g];~38[37]s; ‡[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	4sf;[16g]