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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cervidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Cervidae
Recognized by CalPhotos, AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, INBio, IABIN, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, VERA, Kissling et al, 2014, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Bhutan Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Cambodia Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Estonia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kosovo Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Malaysia Species List, Moldova Species List, Mongolia Species List, Montenegro Species List, Myanmar Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, North Korean Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Serbia Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tajikistan Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tibet Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records UK, United States Species List, and Lovegrove 2014

Alternative Names

? aspeitianus Ameghino, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? avius Ameghino, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? blicki Frick, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brachycerus Gervais & Ameghino, 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brevitrabalis Cope, 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? campestris Cuvier, 1817
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? chiriquensis Allen, 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dolichopsis Cope, 1878
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ensenadensis Ameghino, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ensifer Cope, 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? equinus Cuvier, 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? feae Thomas & Doria, 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fragilis Ameghino, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fricki Schultz & Howard, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? giganteus Blumenbach, 1799
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hemionus Rafinesque, 1817
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lascrucensis Frick, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? latifrons Johnson, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? moschatus Blainville, 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? paludosus Desmarest, 1822
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pyrenaicus Depéret, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ramosus Croizet & Jobert, 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? scotti Lydekker, 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? temama Kerr, 1792
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ultra Ameghino, 1888
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? whitneyi Allen, 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aboloceros Gloger 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Amphimoschus Bourgeois 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anoglochis Croizet & Jobert 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Arvernoceros Heintz 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Axis Gray 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Axis Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bohlinella Palmer 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cervavitulus Kretzoi 1951
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cervidae Goldfuss 1820
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors
Cervoceros Khomenko 1913
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cervodama Pidoplitchko & Flerov 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cervulus de Blainville 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dama Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dicrocemas Kretzoi 1974
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dicrocerus Lartet 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Diglochis Gervais 1859
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Doryceros Fitzinger 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eostylocerus Zdansky 1925
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eucladoceros Falconer 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Euctenoceros Trouessart 1898
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Habromeryx Cabrera 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Haploidoceros Croitor, Bonifay & Brugal 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hippelaphus Bonaparte 1836
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leptocervus Capasso Barbato 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Libralces Azzaroli 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Megamuntiacus Tuoc et al. 1994
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Metacervulus Teilhard de Chardin & Trassaert 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Metaplatyceros Shikama 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Muva Deraniyagala 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nanelaphus Fitzinger 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Orotherium Aymard 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paradicrocerus Gabuniya 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pavlodaria Vislobokova 1980
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Praemegaceros Portis 1920
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Procapreolus Schlosser 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudalces Flerov 1962
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sangamona Hay 1920
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stehlinoceros Azanza & Menendez 1990
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tamanalces Vereshchagin 1957
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Torontoceros Churcher & Peterson 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

deer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web and admin
"deer, elk, moose, and caribou"
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deer, elk, moose, and caribou preferred

Afrikaans

Hertagtiges preferred
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Albanian

Dreri preferred
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Amharic

የፈረንጅ አጋዘን preferred
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Arabic

أيل preferred
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Armenian

եղջերուներ preferred
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Atikamekw

wackeciw preferred
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Avaric

РитӀучӀ preferred
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Aymara

Taruka preferred
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Azerbaijani

Marallar preferred
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Bashkir

Болан preferred
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Basque

orein preferred
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Belarusian

аленевыя preferred
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Bengali

হরিণ preferred
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Bosnian

Jelen preferred
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Breton

Karveged preferred
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Bulgarian

еленови preferred
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Burmese

သမင် preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

cérvol preferred
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Chechen

Сай preferred
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Chinese

鹿科 preferred
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Chuvash

Пăлан йышшисем preferred
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Cornish

Karow preferred
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Croatian

jelen preferred
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Czech

jelenovití preferred
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Danish

Hjorte preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

hertachtigen preferred
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Esperanto

Cervedoj preferred
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Estonian

Hirvlased preferred
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Finnish

Hirvieläimet
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hirvieläimet preferred
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French

cervidés preferred
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Galician

Cérvidos preferred
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Georgian

ირმისებრნი preferred
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German

Hirsche preferred
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Gorontalo

Bu'ulu preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Ελάφι preferred
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Guarani

Guasu preferred
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Gujarati

હરણ preferred
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Haitian; Haitian Creole

Sèf preferred
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Hausa

Dabbar rendiya preferred
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Hebrew

אייליים preferred
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Hindi

हिरण preferred
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Hungarian

szarvasfélék preferred
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Icelandic

Hjartardýr preferred
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Ido

Cervo preferred
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Indonesian

rusa preferred
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Ingush

Саьрчий preferred
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Irish

fia preferred
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Japanese

シカ科 preferred
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シカ preferred
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Kabyle

Izerzer preferred
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Kannada

ಜಿಂಕೆ preferred
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Kazakh

Бұғылар preferred
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Komi

Кӧр preferred
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Korean

사슴 preferred
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Kurdish

Pezkovî preferred
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Lak

Бюрни preferred
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Latvian

briežu dzimta preferred
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Lingua Franca Nova

Servo preferred
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Lithuanian

Elniniai preferred
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Macedonian

елени preferred
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Malagasy

Serfa preferred
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Malay

rusa preferred
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Malayalam

മാൻ preferred
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Manx

Feeaih preferred
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Marathi

सारंग हरीण preferred
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Meadow Mari

Пӱчӧ-влак preferred
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Min Dong

Lĕ̤k preferred
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Nahuatl

Mazātl preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Bįįh Danilínígíí preferred
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Nepali

जरायो preferred
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North Frisian

Hirsker preferred
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Norwegian

hjortedyr preferred
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hjortefamilien preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Саг preferred
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Persian

گوزن preferred
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Polish

jeleniowate preferred
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Portuguese

cervídeo preferred
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Quechua

Luwichu preferred
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

cerb preferred
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Russian

оленевые preferred
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Sakha

Табатыҥылар кэргэннэрэ preferred
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Sanskrit

हरिणः preferred
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Santali

ᱡᱤᱞ preferred
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Scots

Deer preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Fiadh preferred
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Serbian

јелен preferred
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Shambala

jeleni preferred
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Sinhalese

මුවා preferred
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Slovak

Jeleňovité preferred
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Somali

Deero preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Jeleni preferred
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cérvidos preferred
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Sundanese

Uncal preferred
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Swedish

hjortdjur preferred
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Tagalog

Usa (hayop) preferred
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Tajik

Гавазн preferred
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Tamil

மான் preferred
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Tatar

боланнар preferred
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Telugu

జింక , దుప్పి , లేడి preferred
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Thai

กวาง preferred
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Tibetan

ཤ་བ། preferred
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Turkish

geyik preferred
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Udmurt

Пужей preferred
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Ukrainian

оленеві preferred
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Unspecified

Abani preferred
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Benado preferred
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Heorota preferred
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Hirsch preferred
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Menjangan preferred
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Rusa preferred
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Váótséva preferred
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fətsə preferred
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wocoleem preferred
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Țerbu preferred
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चलाचा preferred
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ᎠᏫ preferred
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ꯁꯥꯖꯤ preferred
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Urdu

ہرن preferred
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Uzbek

Bugʻusimonlar preferred
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Vepsian

Pedr preferred
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Vietnamese

Họ Hươu nai preferred
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Walloon

Ciervidîs preferred
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Waray

Bugsók preferred
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Wu

鹿科 preferred
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Yoruba

Àgbọ̀rín preferred
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Zhuang; Chuang

Duzloeg preferred
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Zulu

Inyamazane preferred
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Arz

ايل preferred
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Azb

مارال (حئیوان) preferred
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Bcl

Usa preferred
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Bjn

Minjangan preferred
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Bxr

Буга preferred
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Ckb

گاکێوی preferred
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Diq

Kospes preferred
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En Ca

Deer preferred
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En Gb

deer preferred
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Glk

گوزن preferred
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Hak

Lu̍k-é preferred
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Lld

Cerf preferred
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Ltg

Aļņu saime preferred
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Mrj

Пучы preferred
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Mzn

اشکاری‌گو preferred
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Nan

Lo̍k-kho preferred
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Pdc

Hasch preferred
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Pnb

ہرن preferred
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Pt Br

Cervídeos
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Cervos
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cervídeo preferred
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Stq

Harte preferred
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Szy

ngabul, malunem preferred
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Tcy

ಜಿಂಕೆ preferred
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Vls

Hertachtign preferred
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Yue

鹿 preferred
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Zh Cn

鹿科 preferred
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Zh Tw

鹿科 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Cervidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Cervidae (this page)