Cervini | |
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Cervus canadensis (Wapiti) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | Cervinae |
Tribe: | Cervini |
Genera | |
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]
Phylogeny
Phylogeny by Gilbert et al. (2006) [2] is as follows;
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References
- ↑ Samejima, Y.; Matsuoka, H. (2020). "A new viewpoint on antlers reveals the evolutionary history of deer (Cervidae, Mammalia)". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 8910. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.8910S. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-64555-7. PMC 7265483. PMID 32488122.
- ↑ Gilbert, C.; Ropiquet, A.; Hassanin, A. (2006). "Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies of Cervidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia): Systematics, morphology, and biogeography". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40 (1): 101–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.017. PMID 16584894.
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