Cervus elaphus

Translingual

Cervus elaphus

Proper noun

Cervus elaphus m

1. A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – red deer.

Synonyms

• (species): elk, wapiti (North America) (now often considered a separate species Cervus canadensis)

Hypernyms

• (species): Artiodactyla - order; Cervidae - family; Cervinae - subfamily; Cervus - genus

Hyponyms

• (species): Cervus elaphus elaphus, Cervus elaphus alashanicus, Cervus elaphus atlanticus (Norwegian red deer), Cervus elaphus barbarus, Cervus elaphus brauneri (Crimean deer), Cervus elaphus canadensis (now usually Cervus canadensis), Cervus elaphus corsicanus (Corsican red deer), Cervus elaphus hanglu (Kasmir stag), Cervus elaphus hispanicus (Iberian red deer), Cervus elaphus kansuensi, Cervus elaphus macneilli, Cervus elaphus maral (maral, Caspian red deer), Cervus elaphus nannodes, Cervus elaphus pannoniensis, Cervus elaphus songaricus, Cervus elaphus wallichii, Cervus elaphus xanthopygus, Cervus elaphus yarkandensis (Yarkand deer) - subspecies
  • Cervus elaphus bactrianus (Bactrian deer), Cervus elaphus barbarus (Barbary stag, Atlas deer), Cervus elaphus hippelaphus (common red deer, Central European red deer), Cervus elaphus scoticus (Scottish red deer) - other subspecies names

See also

• Alces alces
• moose

References

• Cervus elaphus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cervus elaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cervus elaphus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cervus elaphus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cervus_elaphus at Animal Diversity Web
• Cervus elaphus at AnimalBase
• Cervus elaphus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.