Deer

Deer
White whisk deer
: (Mammalia) : (Eutheria) : : (Artiodactyla) : (Ruminantia) : Deer
Cervidae
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Those Deer (Cervidae) a family is that . In addition they are common in 40 kinds over Eurasien, north and South America and into Australia and New Zealand by humans were inserted.

The size of the deer varies between some hare (Pudu) and the one horse (). Antlers, which are present with the male mostly only, are characteristic. Exceptions are only that Water deer (that never antlers has) as well as that (with that both sexes antlers have). Those are branched bars, which are thrown off each year and afterwards to regenerate.

The deer dipped into in Asia up. From here common it itself to Europe. They reached North America in .

The deer cow becomes partial particularly in the older linguistic usage (as for example in „ on Tauris") also as Hindin or Hinde designates.

Classification

Those Moschushir not to the deer are counted here, but rated as an own family. Thus the following Taxa belongs to the deer:

• Unterfamilie Muntjaks (Muntiacinae)
  • Kind Muntiacus
    • Chinese Muntjak (Muntiacus reevesi)
    • Black Muntjak (Muntiacus crinifrons)
    • Tenasserim Muntjak (Muntiacus feae)
    • Indian Muntjak (Muntiacus muntjak)
    • Borneo Muntjak (Muntiacus of atherodes)
    • Gongshan Muntjak (Muntiacus gongshanensis)
    • Truong Son Muntjak (Muntiacus truongsonensis)
    • Putao Muntjak (Muntiacus putaoensis)
  • Kind Megamuntiacus
    • Riesenmuntjak (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis)
  • Kind Elaphodus
    • Tuft deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)
• Unterfamilie Hydropotinae
  • Kind Hydropotes
    • Water deer (Hydropotes inermis)
• Unterfamilie Deceit deer (Odocoileinae or Capreolinae)
  • Kind Capreolus
    • (Capreolus capreolus)
    • (Capreolus pygargus)
  • Kind Odocoileus
    • (Odocoileus virginianus)
    • Muzzle animal deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
  • Kind Ozotoceros
    • Pampashirsch (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)
  • Kind Blastocerus
    • Sump deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
  • Kind Spiesshir (Mazama)
    • Grossmazama or Rotmazama (Mazama americana)
    • Graumazama or Braunmazama (Mazama gouazoubira)
    • Small Rotmazama (Mazama rufina)
    • Zwergmazama (Mazama chunyi)
    • Merioa Mazama (Mazama bricenii)
    • Kleinmazama (Mazama nana)
    • Mazama bororo
  • Kind Pudus (Pudu)
    • Northern Pudu (Pudu of mephistophiles)
    • Southern Pudu (Pudu puda)
  • Kind Rangifer
    • (Rangifer tarandus)
  • Kind And deer (Hippocamelus)
    • Northern and deer (Hippocamelus antisensis)
    • Southern and deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus)
  • Kind Alces
    • (Alces of alces)
• Unterfamilie genuine deer (Cervinae)
  • Kind Axis
    • (Axis axis)
    • Pig deer (Axis porcinus)
    • Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii)
    • Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis)
  • Kind Elaphurus
    • (Elaphurus davidianus)
  • Kind (Cervus)
    • SAM bar (Cervus unicolor)
    • (Cervus timorensis)
    • (Cervus mariannus)
    • (Cervus alfredi)
    • Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii)
    • (Cervus schomburgki)
    • (Cervus eldii)
    • Sikahirsch (Cervus nippon)
    • (Cervus albirostris)
    • (Cervus elaphus)
  • Kind Dama
    • (Dama dama)
    • (Dama mesopotamica)

A simplified Kladogramm of the deer shows the presumed family relations:

Cervidae (deer)
 | - - Hydropotes (water deer)
 ` - - N.N.
      | - - Muntiacinae (Muntjaks)
      ` - - N.N.
           | - - Odocoileinae (deceit deer)
           | | - - Capreolus (deer)
           | ` - - N.N.
           | | - - Odocoileini (America deer and pay)
           | ` - - Alces (moose)
           ` - - Cervinae
                | - - Megaloceros (?)
                ` - - Cervini (Cervinae rezente)

From the numerous fossil kinds of deer the ice-age giant deer became into the Kladogramm Megaloceros taken up, to the most well-known praehistorischen mammals belongs to that.

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