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Cervidae

Mammal Families

Cervidae is the deer family, an even-toed ungulate family native mainly to the Americas and Eurasia, comprising numerous genera including Cervus. Most male deer, and female reindeer, grow and shed a set of antlers each year, distinguishing the family from the permanently horned Bovidae.

Facts

Taxonomic Rank

Family 2

Defining Characteristics

Males of almost all species, and female reindeer, grow and shed antlers each year 2

Member Count Band

10 to 100 Species 3

Era First Appeared

Paleogene 4

Classification

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Source GBIF: Przewalskium albirostre

Additional Source Thorold's deer (Wikipedia)Lead, family placement

Truong Son muntjac

Source Truong Son muntjac (Wikipedia)

Source Tufted deer (Wikipedia)

Visayan spotted deer

Source Visayan spotted deer (Wikipedia)

Source Water deer (Wikipedia)

White-tailed Deer

Source White-tailed Deer (Wikipedia)

Yucatan brown brocket

Source Yucatan brown brocket (Wikipedia)

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Source Animal Diversity Web: CervidaeGeographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Quote, Geographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Cervids are widely distributed and are native to all continents except Australia, Antarctica, and most of Africa, which contains only a single sub-species of native deer, Barbary red deer .

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web: CervidaeGeographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Quote, Geographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Cervids are widely distributed and are native to all continents except Australia, Antarctica, and most of Africa, which contains only a single sub-species of native deer, Barbary red deer .

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web: CervidaeGeographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Quote, Geographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Cervids are widely distributed and are native to all continents except Australia, Antarctica, and most of Africa, which contains only a single sub-species of native deer, Barbary red deer .

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web: CervidaeGeographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Quote, Geographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Cervids are widely distributed and are native to all continents except Australia, Antarctica, and most of Africa, which contains only a single sub-species of native deer, Barbary red deer .

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Animal Diversity Web: CervidaeGeographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Quote, Geographic Range: "Cervids are widely distributed and are native to"

Cervids are widely distributed and are native to all continents except Australia, Antarctica, and most of Africa, which contains only a single sub-species of native deer, Barbary red deer .

Sources

1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)

Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ23390, descriptionView the Source

2. Deer - Wikipedia

Introduction, sentence 1
of the family Cervidae
Introduction, sentence 3
grow and shed new antlers each year

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3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Cervidae

Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount

Quote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount

"speciesExtantCount": 54

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4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Cervidae

Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)

Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)

"taxon_name": "Cervidae" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 37.71 ... "early_interval": "Priabonian"

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Wikidata: Cervidae

Wikidata Q23390, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

Wikidata: Dawson's caribou

Parent Taxon Of: Dawson's caribou, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

Roe deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Roe deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Roe deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer

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Siberian roe deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Siberian roe deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Siberian roe deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of roe deer

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Water deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Water deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Water deer, Lead, family placement

is a small deer species

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Marsh deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Marsh deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Marsh deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer native to South America

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South Andean deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: South Andean deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: South Andean deer, Lead, family placement

is an endangered species of deer

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Taruca (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Taruca, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Taruca, Lead, family placement

is a mid sized deer species

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Amazonian brown brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Amazonian brown brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Amazonian brown brocket, Lead, family placement

is a small species of deer

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Central American red brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Central American red brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Central American red brocket, Lead, family placement

is a species of brocket deer

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Dwarf brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Dwarf brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Dwarf brocket, Lead, family placement

is a small species of deer

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Gray brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Gray brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Gray brocket, Lead, family placement

is a species of brocket deer

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Little red brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Little red brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Little red brocket, Lead, family placement

is a small, little-studied deer

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Mérida brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Mérida brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Mérida brocket, Lead, family placement

is a small species of deer

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Pygmy brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Pygmy brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Pygmy brocket, Lead, family placement

is a brocket deer species from South America

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Red brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Red brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Red brocket, Lead, family placement

is a species of brocket deer from forests in South America

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Small red brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Small red brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Small red brocket, Lead, family placement

is a small species of brocket deer in the family Cervidae

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Mule deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Mule deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Mule deer, Lead, family placement

is a deer indigenous to western North America

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Yucatan brown brocket (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Yucatan brown brocket, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Yucatan brown brocket, Lead, family placement

is a small species of deer native to Central America

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Pampas deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Pampas deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Pampas deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer that live in the grasslands of South America

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Northern pudú (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Northern pudú, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Northern pudú, Lead, family placement

is a species of South American deer

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Southern pudú (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Southern pudú, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Southern pudú, Lead, family placement

is a species of South American deer

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Tufted deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Tufted deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Tufted deer, Lead, family placement

is a small species of deer

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Bornean yellow muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Bornean yellow muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Bornean yellow muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a muntjac deer species

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Fea's muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Fea's muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Fea's muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac native to southern Myanmar and Thailand

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Giant muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Giant muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Giant muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac deer

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Gongshan muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Gongshan muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Gongshan muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac

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Hairy-fronted muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Hairy-fronted muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Hairy-fronted muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a type of deer

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Leaf muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Leaf muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Leaf muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a small species of muntjac

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Northern red muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Northern red muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Northern red muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac

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Pu Hoat muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Pu Hoat muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Pu Hoat muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac

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Reeves's muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Reeves's muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Reeves's muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac

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Roosevelt's muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Roosevelt's muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Roosevelt's muntjac, Lead, family placement

Roosevelt's barking deer

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Southern red muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Southern red muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Southern red muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a deer species native to Southeast Asia

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Truong Son muntjac (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Truong Son muntjac, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Truong Son muntjac, Lead, family placement

is a species of muntjac deer

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Chital (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Chital, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Chital, Lead, family placement

is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent

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Calamian deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Calamian deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Calamian deer, Lead, family placement

is an endangered species of deer

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Bawean deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Bawean deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Bawean deer, Lead, family placement

is a highly threatened species of deer

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Indian hog deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Indian hog deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Indian hog deer, Lead, family placement

is a small cervid native to the region of the Indian subcontinent

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Thorold's deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Lead, family placement

is a threatened species of deer

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Central Asian red deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Central Asian red deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Central Asian red deer, Lead, family placement

is a deer species native to Central Asia

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Sika deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Sika deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Sika deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer native to much of East Asia

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European fallow deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: European fallow deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: European fallow deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer native to Eurasia

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Persian fallow deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer that once inhabited most of West Asia

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Père David's deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Père David's deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Père David's deer, Lead, family placement

is a species of deer native to the subtropical river valleys of China

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Eld's deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Eld's deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Eld's deer, Lead, family placement

is an Endangered species of deer endemic to South and Southeast Asia

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Barasingha (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Barasingha, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Barasingha, Lead, family placement

is a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinent

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Schomburgk's deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Schomburgk's deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Schomburgk's deer, Lead, family placement

is an extinct species of deer once endemic to central Thailand

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Visayan spotted deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Visayan spotted deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Visayan spotted deer, Lead, family placement

is a small, endangered, primarily nocturnal species of deer

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Philippine deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Philippine deer, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Philippine deer, Lead, family placement

is a vulnerable deer species endemic to the Philippines

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Javan rusa (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Javan rusa, Lead, family placement

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Javan rusa, Lead, family placement

is a large deer species native to Indonesia and Timor-Leste

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Moose (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Moose, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Moose, Lead

largest and heaviest extant species of deer

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Elk (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Elk, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Elk, Lead

second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae

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Red Deer (Wikipedia)

WikipediaParent Taxon Of: Red Deer, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Red Deer, Lead

is a species of deer in the genus Cervus

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Reindeer (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Reindeer, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Reindeer, Lead

is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution

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Sambar deer (Wikipedia)

Parent Taxon Of: Sambar Deer, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Sambar Deer, Lead

is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent

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White-tailed Deer (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: White-tailed Deer, Lead

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: White-tailed Deer, Lead

is a medium-sized species of deer native to North and South America

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GBIF: Przewalskium albirostre

GBIFParent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Species record, family

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Species record, family

family: Cervidae

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GBIF: Dama dama mesopotamica

GBIFParent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Species record, family

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Species record, family

family: Cervidae

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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Odocoileus hemionus columbianus

GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Black-tailed deer, Taxon record

Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Black-tailed deer, Taxon record

"family": "Cervidae"

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