Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably Antilocaprinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1866
Questionably †Cosorycinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1887

Current position

Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Bovoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 642.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 422.
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.

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: 444.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Ruminantia (Infraorder) Scopoli, 1777	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 401.
Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 422.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 392; 6.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 129.
Bovoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 642.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1061.
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pecora (Infraorder) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Bovoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †20g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †20g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	1g;1s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; †20g]
1993	P. Grubb	1g;1s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];1s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s