Cervidae
Sign in to saveA deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes muntjac, elk, red deer, and fallow deer) and Capreolinae (which includes reindeer, white-tailed deer, roe deer, and moose). Male deer of almost all species (except the water deer), as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year. These antlers are bony extensions of the skull and are often used for combat between males.
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Cervidae is the family of hoofed animals commonly known as deer, which includes species like elk, moose, reindeer, and white-tailed deer. Most male deer are distinguished by their antlers—bony skull extensions that grow and shed yearly and are primarily used for fighting with other males during breeding season.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyCervidae
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28 sectionsContents
- Etymology and terminology
- Distribution
- Description
- Antlers
- Teeth
- Biology
- Diet
- Reproduction
- Disease
- Evolution
- Eocene
- Oligocene
- Miocene
- Pliocene
- Pleistocene
- Taxonomy and classification
- External relationships
- Internal relationships
- Human interaction
- Prehistoric
- Historic
- Literary
- Heraldic
- Economic
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes muntjac, elk, red deer, and fallow deer) and Capreolinae (which includes reindeer, white-tailed deer, roe deer, and moose). Male deer of almost all species (except the water deer), as well as female reindeer, grow and shed new antlers each year. These antlers are bony extensions of the skull and are often used for combat between males.
The musk deer (Moschidae) of Asia and chevrotains (Tragulidae) of tropical African and Asian forests are separate families that are also in the ruminant clade Ruminantia; they are not especially closely related to Cervidae.