Deer

Cervidae is a family from the Artiodactyla order.
==Appearance==
Deer weights generally range from 30 to 300 kilograms (70 to 700 lb), though the smallest species, the Northern Pudú, averages 10 kilograms (20 lb) and the largest, the moose, averages 431 kilograms (1,000 lb). They generally have lithe, compact bodies and long, powerful legs suited for rugged woodland terrain. Deer are also excellent jumpers and swimmers. Deer are ruminants, or cud-chewers, and have a four-chambered stomach. The teeth of deer are adapted to feeding on vegetation, and like other ruminants, they lack upper incisors, instead having a tough pad at the front of their upper jaw.
==Taxonomy==
Note that the terms indicate the origin of the groups, not their modern distribution: the water deer, for example, is a New World species but is found only in China and Korea.
It is thought that the new world group originates from the forests of North America and Siberia, the old world deer in Asia.
===Extant subfamilies, genera and species===
The deer family has at least 90 species; The list is based on the studies of Randi, Mucci, Claro-Hergueta, Bonnet and Douzery (2001); Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004); Ludt, Schroeder, Rottmann and Kuehn (2004); Hernandez-Fernandez and Vrba (2005); Groves (2006); Ruiz-Garcia, M., Randi, E., Martinez-Aguero, M. and Alvarez D. (2007); Duarte, J.M.B., Gonzalez, S. and Maldonado, J.E. (2008); Groves and Grubb (2011) The family Cervidae is organized as follows:
====Genus Elaphodus====
*Tufted Deer
====Genus Muntiacus====
*Bornean Yellow Muntjac
*Fea's Muntjac
*Javan Muntjac
*Indian Muntjac
*Sri Lankan Muntjac
*Black-legged Muntjac
*Northern Red Muntjac
*Roosevelt's Muntjac
*Sumatran Muntjac
*Gongshan Muntjac
*Hairy-fronted Muntjac
*Reeves's Muntjac
*Giant Muntjac
*Pu Hoat Muntjac
*Leaf Muntjac
*Annamite Muntjac
====Tribe Cervini ("true" deer)====
====Genus Dama====
*Fallow Deer
*Persian Fallow Deer
====Genus Axis====
*Chital
====Genus Rucervus====
*Eastern Swamp Deer
*Western Swamp Deer
*Barasingha
*Schomburgk's Deer
====Genus Panolia====
*Manipur Eld's Deer
*Eastern Eld's Deer
*Thamin
====Genus Elaphurus====
*Père David's Deer
====Genus Hyelaphus====
*Indian Hog Deer
*Indochinese Hog Deer
*Calamian Deer
*Bawean Deer
====Genus Rusa====
*Visayan Spotted Deer
*Philippine Deer
*Mindoro Deer
*Mindanao Mountain Deer
*Javan Rusa
*Southeast Asian Sambar
*Indian Sambar
====Genus Cervus====
*West European Red Deer
*East European Red Deer
*Caspian Red Deer
*Corsican Red Deer
*Yarkand Deer
*Bactrian Deer
*Thorold's Deer
*Sika Deer
*Vietnamese Deer
*Tsushima Island Deer
*Formosan Deer
*Kashmir Stag
*Manchurian Wapiti
*Tibetan Red Deer
*Sichuan Deer
*Alashan Wapiti
*Elk
====Genus Alces====
*Moose
====Genus Capreolus====
*Roe Deer
*Siberian Roe Deer
====Genus Hydropotes====
*Water Deer
====Genus Rangifer====
*Reindeer
====Genus Hippocamelus====
*Taruca
*South Andean Deer
====Genus Mazama====
*Gray Brocket
*Northern Venezuelan Brocket
*Ecuador Brocket
*Isla San Jose Brocket
*Colombian Brocket
*Brazilian Brocket
*Peruvian Brocket
*Rodon
*Amazonian Brown Brocket
*Central American Red Brocket
*Yucatan Brown Brocket
*Small Red Brocket
*Dwarf Brocket
*Pygmy Brocket
*Merida Brocket
*Little Red Brocket
*American Red Brocket
*Ecuador Red Brocket
*Brazilian Red Brocket
*Brazilian Red Brocket
*Trinidad Red Brocket
*Southern Red Brocket
*Peruvian Red Brocket
*Colombian Red Brocket
====Genus Blastocerus====
*Marsh Deer
====Genus Ozotoceros====
*Pampas Deer
====Genus Pudu====
*Northern Pudú
*Southern Pudú
====Genus Odocoileus====
*White-tailed Deer
*Mule Deer
====Extinct subfamilies, genera and species====
The following is the classification of extinct cervids only, as well as including living lineages that have some species known from the fossil record or that have become extinct.
====Genus †Dicrocerus====
*†Dicrocerus elegans
*†Dicrocerus furcatus
*†Dicrocerus necatus
*†Dicrocerus teres
*†Dicrocerus trilateralis
====Genus †Euprox====
*†Euprox robustus
*†Euprox dicranocerus
*†Euprox fulcatus
====Genus †Stephanocemas====
*†Stephanocemas colberti
*†Stephanocemas colbert
*†Stephanocemas thomsoni
*†Stephanocemas elegantulus
*†Stephanocemas chinghaiensis
*†Stephanocemas triacuminatus
====Genus †Paracervulus====
*†Paracervulus australis
==In other media==
==Source==
*Wikipedia
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