Rucervus schomburgki

E. Blyth, 1863

Schomburgk's Deer

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1863-10. Mr. E. Blyth exhibited some horns and otlier specimens which had been obligingly lent him for that purpose by the authorities of the South Kensington Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863(2):155-158.

Original name as described

Rucervus schomburgki

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1891.12.2.1, BMNH:Mamm:1891.12.2.2

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Thailand.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

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