Cervus elaphus
Linnaeus, 1758
Western Red 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
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033878Original name as described
Cervus Elaphus
Other common names
Stag · Barbary Red Deer · Bukhara Red Deer · Caspian Red Deer · Maral · Thyrrenian Red Deer · Persian Red Deer · Turkish Red Deer · Mesola Red Deer · Barbary Stag · Central European Red Deer · Common Red Deer · Norwegian Red Deer · Scottish Red Deer · Spanish Red Deer · Corsican Red Deer · Crimean Red Deer
Type locality
Sweden.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Ireland · United Kingdom · Norway · Sweden · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Luxembourg · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Croatia · Slovenia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Montenegro · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Iran · Iraq · Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia
Taxonomy notes
includes maral, corsicanus, pannoniensis which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011; previously included C. hanglu and C. canadensis; 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. · Lorenzini, R., & Garofalo, L. (2015). Insights into the evolutionary history of Cervus (Cervidae, tribe Cervini) based on Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial marker sequences, with first indications for a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 53(4), 340-349. · Meiri, M., Kosintsev, P., Conroy, K., Meiri, S., Barnes, I., & Lister, A. (2018). Subspecies dynamics in space and time: a study of the red deer complex using ancient and modern DNA and morphology. Journal of Biogeography, 45(2), 367-380.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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