Cervus Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:66.

TYPE SPECIES: Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 .

SYNONYMS: Elaphoceros, Elaphus, Harana, Hippelaphus, Melanaxis, Panolia, Przewalskium, Pseudaxis, Pseudocervus, Rucervus, Rusa, Sambur, Sika, Strongyloceros, Sikaillus, Thaocervus, Ussa .

COMMENTS: Includes Rusa, Rucervus, and Przewalskium as subgenera, with Panolia, Sika and Thaocervus as synonyms of subgenera, see Groves and Grubb (1987). Van Gelder (1977b) also included Elaphurus, Axis, Dama and Hyelaphus .