Cervus mariannus Desmarest, 1822 . Mammalogie, in Encycl. Meth., 2:436.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mariana Isis, Guam (introduced) .

DISTRIBUTION: Philippines: Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao and Basilan Isis. Introduced to Mariana, Caroline and Bonin Isis (W Pacific Ocean).

SYNONYMS: ambrosianus, apoensis, atheneensis, barandanus, baryceros, basilanensis, boninensis, brachyceros, chrysotrichos, cinereus, corteanus, crassicornis, dailliardianus, elegans, elorzanus, francianus, garcianus, gonzalinus, gorrichanus, guevaranus, guidoteanus, hippolitianus, longicuspis, macarianus, maraisianus, marzaninus, michaelinus, microdontus, nigellus, nigricans, nublanus, philippinus, ramosianus, rosarianus, roxasianus, rubiginosa, spatharius, steerii, telesforianus, tuasoninus, verzosianus, vidalinus, villemerianus.

COMMENTS: Treated as a separate species from C. unicolor by Haltenorth (1963), and by Grubb and Groves (1983), who revised this taxon.