Cervinae


The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the plesiometacarpal deer, due to their ankle structure being different from the telemetacarpal deer of the Capreolinae.

Classification and species

The list is based on the studies of Randi, Mucci, Claro-Hergueta, Bonnet and Douzery ; Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves ; Ludt, Schroeder, Rottmann and Kuehn ; Hernandez-Fernandez and Vrba ; Groves ; Ruiz-Garcia, M., Randi, E., Martinez-Aguero, M. and Alvarez D. ; Duarte, J.M.B., Gonzalez, S. and Maldonado, J.E. ; Groves and Grubb