Elaphurus

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Elaphurus
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Elaphurus davidianus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Elaphurus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1872

Elaphurus is a genus of deer. E.davidianus is only extant species and several fossil species are described.

Species

Species are below. [1]

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References

  1. Wei Dong, Qi Wei, Weipeng Bai, Limin Zhang, Wenhui Liu, Zheying Chen, Yongbing Bai, Yongchun Wu, New material of the Early Pleistocene Elaphurus (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from North China and discussion on taxonomy of Elaphurus, Quaternary International, Volume 519, 2019, Pages 113-121, ISSN 1040-6182, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.015.