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Elaphurus

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Elaphurus
Elaphurus davidianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Elaphurus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1866
Type species
Elaphurus davidianus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1866

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

Species

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As of 2019, the following living and fossil species were recognised:[1]

References

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  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.
  2. ^ Milne-Edwards, Alphonse (1866). "Note sure le Mi-Lou ou Sseu-Pou-Siang". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie. 5: 382. Retrieved 9 December 2023.