Blastocerus dichotomus

(Illiger, 1815)

Marsh Deer

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Odocoileini
Genus : Blastocerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Illiger, J.K.W. 1815. Ueberblick der Säugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile. Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1804-1811:39-159.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080973

Original name as described

Cervus dichotomus

Type locality

Lake Ipoa, Paraguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006289

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

cervus paludosus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1822)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

paludosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN Galerie 276-474 B

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521887

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Wied-Neuwied (1826:580, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32972628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38741)
  2. Lesson (1827:366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Blastocerus paludosus

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Cervidae

Root name

paludosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595008

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Gray (1852:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39016)
  3. Gray (1852:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  4. Gray (1872:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707854) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  5. Lahille (1899:194, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Mazama [Blastoceros] dichotoma

(J. R. Ward, 1910)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dichotoma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015753

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ward (1910:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)

Cervus Elephas

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

elephas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

347

Authority publication

Montevideo

Blastocerus dichotomus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dichotomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  5. Groves & Grubb (2011:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2828/22160916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cervus dichotomus

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dichotomus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

108, 117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080973

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, 117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Cervus palustris

(Desmoulins, 1823)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

palustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

379

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25673005

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Mazama? furcata

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

furcata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729909

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Blastoceros paludosus, albus

Fitzinger, 1879

Family

Cervidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8655017

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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