Cervus nippon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Cervoidea

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Cervinae
Genus: Cervus
Species: Cervus nippon
Subspecies: C. n. aplodontus – C. n. grassianus – C. n. hortulorum – C. n. keramae – C. n. kopschi – C. n. mageshimae – C. n. mandarinus – C. n. mantchuricus – C. n. nippon – C. n. pseudaxis – C. n. pulchellus – C. n. sichuanicus – †C. n. sintikuensis – C. n. soloensis – C. n. taiouanus – C. n. yakushimae – C. n. yesoensis

Name

Cervus nippon Temminck, 1836: XXII

Synonymy

Cervus (Hippelaphus) japonicus Sundevall, 1846: 178 [syn. Grubb, 2000: 299]
Cervus nippon Temminck, 1836

Type locality: Kyushu, Japan

References

Primary references

Temminck, C.J. 1835/6. Coup-d'oeil sur la faune des iles de la Sonde et de l'empire du Japon: discours préliminaire, destiné à servir d'introduction à la Faune du Japon. 30 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.119899 BHL [dated 1835: XXII; published most likely early 1836, not 1835 (Discours préliminaire referred to in letter from Temminck dated 1 February 1836 (Mees, 1957: 207))] Reference page.
Mees, G.F. 1957. Over het belang van Temminck's "Discours Préliminaire" voor de zoologische nomenclatuur. Zoologische Mededelingen 35(15): 205–227. PDF Reference page.
Grubb P. 2000. Valid and invalid nomenclature of living and fossil deer, Cervidae. Acta Theriologica 45(3): 289–307. DOI: 10.4098/AT.ARCH.00-30 Reference page.

Additional references

Iida, T., Soga, M. & Koike, S. 2016. Effects of an increase in population of sika deer on beetle communities in deciduous forests. ZooKeys 625: 67–85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.625.9116. Reference page.
Yang, C., Li, P., Zhang, X. & Guo, Y. 2012. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Chinese Sika deer (Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838), and phylogenetic analysis among Cervidae, Moschidae and Bovidae. Journal of Natural History 46(27–28): 1747–1759. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.693959 ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Cervus nippon in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Cervus nippon (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

dansk: Sika
Deutsch: Sikahirsch
English: Sika, Sika Deer
español: Ciervo sica
suomi: Japaninhirvi, japaninpeura
français: Cerf Sika
galego: Cervo sika
magyar: Szikaszarvas
日本語: ニホンジカ
한국어: 사슴
မြန်မာဘာသာ: စီကာ သမင်
português: Sika
svenska: Sikahjort
ไทย: กวางซีก้า
中文: 梅花鹿

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