Cervinae

The Cervinae or the Old World deer, are a subfamily of deer. Alternatively, they are known as the plesiometacarpal deer, due to having lost the parts of the second and fifth metacarpal bones closest to the foot (though retaining the parts away from the foot), distinct from the telemetacarpal deer of the Capreolinae (which have instead retained these parts of those metacarpals, while losing the parts away from the foot instead).

==Classification and species== The following species are recognised in extant genera: Tribe Muntiacini Genus Elaphodus Tufted deer (E. cephalophus) Genus Muntiacus Bornean yellow muntjac (M. atherodes) Hairy-fronted muntjac (M. crinifrons) Fea's muntjac (M. feae) Gongshan muntjac (M. gongshanensis) Northern red muntjac (M. vaginalis) Southern red muntjac (M. muntjak) Sumatran muntjac (M. montanum) Pu Hoat muntjac (M. puhoatensis) Leaf muntjac (M. putaoensis) Reeves's muntjac (M. reevesi) Roosevelt's muntjac (M. rooseveltorum) Truong Son muntjac or Annamite muntjac (M. truongsonensis) Giant muntjac (M. vuquangensis) Tribe Cervini ("true" deer) Genus Dama Common fallow deer (D. dama) Persian fallow deer (D. mesopotamica) Genus Axis Chital (A. axis) Calamian deer (A. calamianensis) Bawean deer (A. kuhlii) Indian hog deer (A. porcinus) Genus Rucervus Barasingha (R. duvaucelii) Eld's deer (R. eldii) †Schomburgk's deer (R. schomburgki) Genus Elaphurus Père David's deer (E. davidianus) Genus Rusa Visayan spotted deer or Prince Alfred's deer (R. alfredi) Philippine deer or Philippine sambar (R. mariannus) Javan rusa deer (R. timorensis) Sambar (R. unicolor) Genus Cervus Thorold's deer (C. albirostris) Elk or American wapiti (C. canadensis) Red deer (C. elaphus) Central Asian red deer (C. hanglu) Sika deer (C. nippon)