Capreolinae
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| Capreolinae | |
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| Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae Brookes, 1828 |
| Genera | |
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Alces |
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| Synonyms | |
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Odocoileinae |
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Capreolinae, Odocoileinae, or the New World deer (denoting their place of origin, not their current distribution), is a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the telemetacarpal deer, due to their ankle structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer of Cervinae.
Classification [edit]
The list is based on the studies of Randi, Mucci, Claro-Hergueta, Bonnet and Douzery (2001); Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004); Ludt, Schroeder, Rottmann and Kuehn (2004); Hernandez-Fernandez and Vrba (2005); Groves (2006); Ruiz-Garcia, M., Randi, E., Martinez-Aguero, M. and Alvarez D. (2007); Duarte, J.M.B., Gonzalez, S. and Maldonado, J.E. (2008)
- Tribe Capreolini
- Genus Alces
- Moose (Alces alces; called "Elk" outside North America) (largest deer in the world)
- Genus Capreolus
- European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)
- Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus)
- Genus Hydropotes
- Chinese water deer (Hydropotes inermis)
- Genus Alces
- Tribe Rangiferini (reindeer and New World deer)
- Genus Rangifer
- Caribou/reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
- Genus Hippocamelus
- Taruca or North Andean deer (Hippocamelus antisensis)
- Chilean huemul or south Andean deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus)
- Genus Mazama
- Red brocket (Mazama americana) (This species has found to be closer to Odocoileus than other brockets[1])
- Small red brocket or bororo (Mazama bororo)
- Merida brocket (Mazama bricenii)
- Dwarf brocket (Mazama chunyi)
- Gray brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)
- Pygmy brocket (Mazama nana)
- Amazonian brown brocket (Mazama nemorivaga)
- Yucatan brown brocket (Mazama pandora)
- Little red brocket (Mazama rufina)
- Central American red brocket (Mazama temama)
- Genus Blastocerus
- Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
- Genus Ozotoceros
- Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)
- Genus Pudu
- Northern pudú (Pudu mephistophiles) (smallest deer in the world)
- Southern pudú (Pudu pudu)
- Genus Odocoileus
- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
- Mule deer, or black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- Genus Rangifer
References [edit]
- ^ Duarte, J. M. B., González, S. and Maldonado, J. E. 2008. The surprising evolutionary history of South American deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49:17-22
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