CERVIDAE (DEER) Goldfuss, 1820

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2011, Cervidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 350-443 : 350

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6514377
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6514383
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087C4-FFC5-FFC4-FD26-FDD3E392FA93
treatment provided by	Conny
scientific name	CERVIDAE
status

Treatment

Family CERVIDAE View in CoL

(DEER)

• Small to large advanced ruminants with elongated head, long legs, and short tail; male typically with pair of deciduous antlers.

• 70-310 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic, Indo-Malayan, and Neotropical Regions. View Figure

• Mainly forested habitats, but also grassland, swamps, and tundra.

• 18 genera, 53 species,at least 169 extant taxa. View Figure

• 1 species Critically Endangered, 7 species Endangered, 16 species Vulnerable; 1 species and 3 subspecies Extinct in the Wild; 1 species and 1 subspecies Extinct since 1600.