Cervus elaphus
Translingual
Cervus elaphus
Proper noun
Cervus elaphus m
- A taxonomic species within the family Cervidae – the 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[1]
- 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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Cervus elaphus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Cervus elaphus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.