Cervini

Cervini is a tribe of deer, containing seven extant genera and several extinct ones. The most recent common ancestor of Cervini is presumed to have three-pointed antlers with the brow tine, the trez tine and the beam.[1]

Cervini
Cervus canadensis (Wapiti)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Tribe: Cervini
Genera

Phylogeny

Phylogeny by Gilbert et al. (2006) [2] is as follows;

Cervini

Axis

Rucervus

Dama

Elaphurus

Panolia

Rusa

Cervus

Muntiacini

References


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