Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Cervini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Cervus alces Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus bezoarticus Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus camelopardalis Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus dama Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758
Cervus guineensis Linnaeus, 1758, nom. dub.
Cervus tarandus Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Axis (Subgenus) Smith, 1827
Dama (Subgenus) (Frisch, 1775)

Current position

Cervini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 428.

Alternative positions

Cervidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 127.
Cervinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 385.
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 92.

Historical positions

Cervini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 428-429.
Cervinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 385.
Cervidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 127.
Cervinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1060.
Cervidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 92.
Pecora (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 66.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9s;34ss; ‡1s;2ss; †5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[9s; ‡1s]
1993	P. Grubb	[9s; ‡1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[12s; ‡1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	13s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[8s]