Cervus hanglu
J. A. Wagner, 1844
Central Asian 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
Wagner, J.A. 1844. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen von Dr. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber. Supplementband. Vierte Abtheilung: Die Nager (zweiter Abschnitt), Zahnlücker, Einhufer, Dichhäuter und Wiederkäuer. Expedition das Schreber'schen Säugthier- und des Esper'sschen Schmetterlingswerkes, und in Commission der Voß'schen Buchhandlung in Leipzig, Erlangen, 523 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31059167Original name as described
Cervus hanglu
Other common names
Hangul · Tarim Red Deer · Bactrian Red Deer · Bukhara Red Deer · Kashmir Stag · Yarkand Stag · Bactrian Stag
Type locality
Lake Mansarovar (S Tibet).
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Turkmenistan · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · India · China
Taxonomy notes
split from C. elaphus, includes bactrianus and yarkandensis, which were considered distinct 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. · 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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