Cervidae

Translingual

A deer Odocoileus hemionus

Etymology

Cervus +‎ -idae. Coined by German paleontologist, mineralogist, zoologist and botanist Georg August Goldfuss in 1820.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəɹvədi/

Proper noun

Cervidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – cervids (deer).

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Ruminantia - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Cervinae, Capreolinae, Hydropotinae, Muntiacinae - subfamilies

References

• Deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cervidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cervidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cervidae in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Cervidae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cervidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cervidae at Paleobiology Database