Home›Mammals›Taxonomy›CervidaeTaxaCervidaeMammal FamiliesReference and ClassificationVerifiedCervidae 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.FactsCervidaeConnectionsIn the Other AtlasesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsTaxonomic RankWell-attestedFamily 2Defining CharacteristicsWell-attestedMales of almost all species, and female reindeer, grow and shed antlers each year 2Member Count BandWell-attested10 to 100 Species 3Era First AppearedWell-attestedPaleogene 4ClassificationLiving or ExtinctWell-attestedYes 1CervidaeFilter Results8 entriesCommon GroupAllEven-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) (8)Everyday GroupAllEven-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) (8)HabitatAllBoreal Forest (3)Chaparral (1)Desert (1)Freshwater Marsh (1)Grassland (1)Temperate Forest (1)Tundra (2)Where It LivesAllAfghanistan (1)Africa (1)Argentina (2)Australia (2)Austria (1)Belgium (1)Belize (1)Bolivia (1)Brazil (1)British Columbia (1)Canada (1)Chile (1)Colombia (1)Costa Rica (1)Croatia (1)Cuba (1)Czechia (2)Denmark (2)Ecuador (1)El Salvador (1)Estonia (1)Finland (1)France (2)Germany (1)Guatemala (1)Guyana (1)Honduras (1)Iceland (1)Indonesia (1)Ireland (1)Italy (1)Jamaica (1)Kazakhstan (3)Kyrgyzstan (1)Mexico (2)New Zealand (1)Nicaragua (1)North America (6)Norway (5)Panama (1)Peru (1)Poland (2)Russia (5)Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)Serbia (1)South Africa (2)South America (2)South Asia (5)Spain (1)Suriname (1)Sweden (3)Taiwan (1)Ukraine (2)United Kingdom (2)United States (4)Venezuela (1)Conservation StatusAllExtinct (1)Least Concern (5)Vulnerable (2)DietAllHerbivore (8)System (Realm)AllTerrestrial (8)Living or ExtinctAllYes (8)Relationship to PeopleAllDomesticated (1)Hunted or Fished (6)Invasive or Introduced Species (2)Used in Traditional Medicine (1)CITES AppendixAllNot Listed (6)NatureServe RankAllG4 Apparently Secure (1)G5 Secure (4)GNR Unranked (1)GX Presumed Extinct (1)EcosystemAllArctic Tundra (1)Black Forest (1)Canadian Boreal Forest (1)Fiordland (1)Llanos (1)Scandinavian Taiga (1)Yellowstone (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8Black-tailed deerCervidaeDawson's caribouCervidaeElkCervidaeMooseCervidaeRed DeerCervidaeReindeerCervidaeSambar DeerCervidaeWhite-tailed DeerCervidaeConnectionsParent Taxon OfThorold's deer, Species Well-attested Source GBIF: Przewalskium albirostreAdditional Source Thorold's deer (Wikipedia)Lead, family placementTruong Son muntjac, Species Well-attested Source Truong Son muntjac (Wikipedia)Tufted deer, Species Well-attested Source Tufted deer (Wikipedia)Visayan spotted deer, Species Well-attested Source Visayan spotted deer (Wikipedia)Water deer, Species Well-attested Source Water deer (Wikipedia)White-tailed Deer, Species Well-attested Source White-tailed Deer (Wikipedia)tier 2Yucatan brown brocket, Species Well-attested Source Yucatan brown brocket (Wikipedia)Showing 51 to 57 of 57 in Parent Taxon Of, page 2 of 2.← Previous12In the Other AtlasesFound InAfricaAlso 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 .AsiaAlso 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 .EuropeAlso 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 .North AmericaAlso 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 .South AmericaAlso 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 .Sources1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)tier 2Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ23390, descriptionView the Source2. Deer - WikipediaIntroduction, sentence 1of the family CervidaeIntroduction, sentence 3grow and shed new antlers each yearView the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for CervidaeCatalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount"speciesExtantCount": 54View the Source4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for CervidaePaleobiology 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"View the SourceWikidata: CervidaeWikidata Q23390, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the SourceWikidata: Dawson's caribouParent Taxon Of: Dawson's caribou, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the SourceRoe deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Roe deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Roe deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deerView the SourceSiberian roe deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Siberian roe deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Siberian roe deer, Lead, family placementis a species of roe deerView the SourceWater deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Water deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Water deer, Lead, family placementis a small deer speciesView the SourceMarsh deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Marsh deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Marsh deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deer native to South AmericaView the SourceSouth Andean deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: South Andean deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: South Andean deer, Lead, family placementis an endangered species of deerView the SourceTaruca (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Taruca, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Taruca, Lead, family placementis a mid sized deer speciesView the SourceAmazonian brown brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Amazonian brown brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Amazonian brown brocket, Lead, family placementis a small species of deerView the SourceCentral American red brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Central American red brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Central American red brocket, Lead, family placementis a species of brocket deerView the SourceDwarf brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Dwarf brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Dwarf brocket, Lead, family placementis a small species of deerView the SourceGray brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Gray brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Gray brocket, Lead, family placementis a species of brocket deerView the SourceLittle red brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Little red brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Little red brocket, Lead, family placementis a small, little-studied deerView the SourceMérida brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Mérida brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Mérida brocket, Lead, family placementis a small species of deerView the SourcePygmy brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Pygmy brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Pygmy brocket, Lead, family placementis a brocket deer species from South AmericaView the SourceRed brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Red brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Red brocket, Lead, family placementis a species of brocket deer from forests in South AmericaView the SourceSmall red brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Small red brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Small red brocket, Lead, family placementis a small species of brocket deer in the family CervidaeView the SourceMule deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Mule deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Mule deer, Lead, family placementis a deer indigenous to western North AmericaView the SourceYucatan brown brocket (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Yucatan brown brocket, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Yucatan brown brocket, Lead, family placementis a small species of deer native to Central AmericaView the SourcePampas deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Pampas deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Pampas deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deer that live in the grasslands of South AmericaView the SourceNorthern pudú (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Northern pudú, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Northern pudú, Lead, family placementis a species of South American deerView the SourceSouthern pudú (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Southern pudú, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Southern pudú, Lead, family placementis a species of South American deerView the SourceTufted deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Tufted deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Tufted deer, Lead, family placementis a small species of deerView the SourceBornean yellow muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Bornean yellow muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Bornean yellow muntjac, Lead, family placementis a muntjac deer speciesView the SourceFea's muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Fea's muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Fea's muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjac native to southern Myanmar and ThailandView the SourceGiant muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Giant muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Giant muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjac deerView the SourceGongshan muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Gongshan muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Gongshan muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjacView the SourceHairy-fronted muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Hairy-fronted muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Hairy-fronted muntjac, Lead, family placementis a type of deerView the SourceLeaf muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Leaf muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Leaf muntjac, Lead, family placementis a small species of muntjacView the SourceNorthern red muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Northern red muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Northern red muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjacView the SourcePu Hoat muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Pu Hoat muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Pu Hoat muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjacView the SourceReeves's muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Reeves's muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Reeves's muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjacView the SourceRoosevelt's muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Roosevelt's muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Roosevelt's muntjac, Lead, family placementRoosevelt's barking deerView the SourceSouthern red muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Southern red muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Southern red muntjac, Lead, family placementis a deer species native to Southeast AsiaView the SourceTruong Son muntjac (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Truong Son muntjac, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Truong Son muntjac, Lead, family placementis a species of muntjac deerView the SourceChital (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Chital, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Chital, Lead, family placementis a deer species native to the Indian subcontinentView the SourceCalamian deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Calamian deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Calamian deer, Lead, family placementis an endangered species of deerView the SourceBawean deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Bawean deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Bawean deer, Lead, family placementis a highly threatened species of deerView the SourceIndian hog deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Indian hog deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Indian hog deer, Lead, family placementis a small cervid native to the region of the Indian subcontinentView the SourceThorold's deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Lead, family placementis a threatened species of deerView the SourceCentral Asian red deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Central Asian red deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Central Asian red deer, Lead, family placementis a deer species native to Central AsiaView the SourceSika deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Sika deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Sika deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deer native to much of East AsiaView the SourceEuropean fallow deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: European fallow deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: European fallow deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deer native to EurasiaView the SourcePersian fallow deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deer that once inhabited most of West AsiaView the SourcePère David's deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Père David's deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Père David's deer, Lead, family placementis a species of deer native to the subtropical river valleys of ChinaView the SourceEld's deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Eld's deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Eld's deer, Lead, family placementis an Endangered species of deer endemic to South and Southeast AsiaView the SourceBarasingha (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Barasingha, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Barasingha, Lead, family placementis a deer species distributed in the Indian subcontinentView the SourceSchomburgk's deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Schomburgk's deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Schomburgk's deer, Lead, family placementis an extinct species of deer once endemic to central ThailandView the SourceVisayan spotted deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Visayan spotted deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Visayan spotted deer, Lead, family placementis a small, endangered, primarily nocturnal species of deerView the SourcePhilippine deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Philippine deer, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Philippine deer, Lead, family placementis a vulnerable deer species endemic to the PhilippinesView the SourceJavan rusa (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Javan rusa, Lead, family placementQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Javan rusa, Lead, family placementis a large deer species native to Indonesia and Timor-LesteView the SourceMoose (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Moose, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Moose, Leadlargest and heaviest extant species of deerView the SourceElk (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Elk, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Elk, Leadsecond largest species within the deer family, CervidaeView the SourceRed Deer (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaParent Taxon Of: Red Deer, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Red Deer, Leadis a species of deer in the genus CervusView the SourceReindeer (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: Reindeer, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Reindeer, Leadis a species of deer with circumpolar distributionView the SourceSambar deer (Wikipedia)Parent Taxon Of: Sambar Deer, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Sambar Deer, Leadis a large deer native to the Indian subcontinentView the SourceWhite-tailed Deer (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationParent Taxon Of: White-tailed Deer, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: White-tailed Deer, Leadis a medium-sized species of deer native to North and South AmericaView the SourceGBIF: Przewalskium albirostreGBIFParent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Species record, familyQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Thorold's deer, Species record, familyfamily: CervidaeView the SourceGBIF: Dama dama mesopotamicaGBIFParent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Species record, familyQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Persian fallow deer, Species record, familyfamily: CervidaeView the SourceGBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Odocoileus hemionus columbianusGBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Black-tailed deer, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Black-tailed deer, Taxon record"family": "Cervidae"View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. 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