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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
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Cervidae
Filter Results2 entries

Black-tailed deer

Cervidae

Dawson's caribou

Cervidae
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Black-tailed deer, Species
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Dawson's caribou, Species
Source Wikidata: Dawson's caribou
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Found In

Africa

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 .
Asia

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 .
Europe

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 .
North America

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 .
South America

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
View the Source
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
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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