Cervus canadensis nelsoni, Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Cervinae
Genus: Cervus
Species: Cervus canadensis
Subspecies: C. c. alashanicus – †C. c. canadensis – C. c. hanglu – C. c. kansuensis – C. c. macneilli – C. c. manitobensis – †C. c. merriami – C. c. nannodes – C. c. nelsoni – C. c. roosevelti – C. c. sibiricus – C. c. songaricus – C. c. wallichii – C. c. xanthopygus

Name

Cervus canadensis (Erxleben, 1777)

References

Primary references

  • Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre and Systema regni animalis. Göttingen: Johann Hans Dieterich.Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Ludt, C. J., et al., 2004. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of red deer (Cervus elaphus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 1064–1083.
  • Pitra, C., et al., 2004. Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.
  • Randi, E., et al., 2001. A mitochondrial DNA control region phylogeny of the Cervinae: Speciation in Cervus and implications for conservation. Animal Conservation 4: 1–11.

Vernacular names

English: American Elk, Wapiti
español: Wapití o ciervo canadiense
suomi: Vapiti
magyar: Vapiti
日本語: アメリカアカシカ
Diné bizaad: Dzeeh
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