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Typical Old World Deer and Elk
Cervus
Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America. In addition to the species presently placed in this genus, it has included a whole range of other species now commonly placed in other genera, but some of these should perhaps be returned to Cervus. Additionally, the species-level taxonomy is in a state of flux.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Wapiti
speciesCervus canadensis
Red Deer
speciesCervus elaphus
Sika Deer
speciesCervus nippon
White-lipped Deer
speciesCervus albirostris
Tarim Red Deer
speciesCervus hanglu
Wapiti × Red Deer
hybridCervus canadensis × elaphus
Red × Sika Deer
hybridCervus elaphus × nippon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42205.