Eld's deer

Eld's deer
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene-Present[1]
Burmese brow-antlered deer at Chester Zoo
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Cervinae
Tribe: Cervini
Genus: Rucervus
Pocock, 1943
Species:
R. eldii
Binomial name
Rucervus eldii
(McClelland, 1842)
Synonyms
  • Cervus eldii (McClelland, 1842)
  • Rucervus eldii (Thomas, 1918)
  • Panolia eldi McClelland, 1842[4]
  • Panolia eldii Gray, 1850

Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii or Panolia eldii[5]), also known as the thamin or brow-antlered deer, is an endangered species of deer endemic to South and Southeast Asia.[2]

  1. ^ K. Suraprasit, J.-J. Jaegar, Y. Chaimanee, O. Chavasseau, C. Yamee, P. Tian, and S. Panha (2016). "The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications". ZooKeys (613): 1–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.613.8309. PMC 5027644. PMID 27667928.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b Gray, T.N.E.; Brook, S.M.; McShea, W.J.; Mahood, S.; Ranjitsingh, M.K.; Miyunt, A.; Hussain, S.A.; Timmins, R. (2015). "Rucervus eldii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T4265A22166803. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T4265A22166803.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ Beavan, R.C. (1867). "Contributions towards a history of Panolia eldi; McLelland". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 36: 175.
  5. ^ Pitraa, Fickela, Meijaard, Groves (2004). Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 880–895.

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