Cervus albirostris

Przewalski, 1883

White-lipped Deer

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Cervinae
Tribe : Cervini
Genus : Cervus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Third Journey in Central Asia, 124

Original name as described

Cervus albirostris

Other common names

Thorold's Deer

Type material

ZIN O. 1488, ZIN S. 1648

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Nan Shan, Humboldt's Mountains, Gansu (China).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

moved from Przewalskium to Cervus (included under Przewalskium by Groves & Grubb 2011); for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Heckeberg, N. S. (2020). The systematics of the Cervidae: a total evidence approach. PeerJ, 8, e8114.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006311

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 thoroldi

Blanford, 1893

Family

Cervidae

Root name

thoroldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.10.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2627435c-7a02-48d8-b61e-7910a30f6c42 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca9178c8-102d-4909-af05-8a4b0b24e82b

Authority page

448

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992716

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Cervus albirostris

Przewalski, 1883

Family

Cervidae

Root name

albirostris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 1488, ZIN S. 1648

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

124

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Ward (1910:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015681) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:319, 320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:589) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  6. Groves & Grubb (2011:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4256/61976756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Przewalskium albirostris

(Grubb, 2005)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

albirostris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Cervus sellatus

Przewalski, 1883

Family

Cervidae

Root name

sellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

125

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Cervus dybowskii

W. L. Sclater, 1889

Family

Cervidae

Root name

dybowskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

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