Elaphurus
Genus of deer
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Elaphurus is a genus of deer. E. davidianus is the only extant species and several fossil species are described.
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| Elaphurus | |
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| Elaphurus davidianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Tribe: | Cervini |
| Genus: | Elaphurus A. Milne-Edwards, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Elaphurus davidianus A. Milne-Edwards, 1866 | |
Species
As of 2019, the following living and fossil species were recognised:[1]
- Elaphurus Milne-Edwards, 1866.[2]
- Elaphurus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1866; Père David's deer
- †Elaphurus bifurcates Teilhard de Chardin et Piveteau, 1930.
- †Elaphurus bifurcatus shikamai Otsuka, 1968
- †Elaphurus eleonorae Vislobokova, 1988.
- †Elaphurus chinnaniensis Chia et Wang, 1978.
- †Elaphurus formosanus Shikama, 1937.