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

Living
Found in the wild

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.

Original 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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