Odocoileus virginianus

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

White-tailed Deer

Side view of female
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Location:USA, PA, Jefferson Co., Clear CreekDate taken:Jan 1, 1974

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 185

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Superfamily : Cervoidea
Family : Cervidae
Subfamily : Capreolinae
Tribe : Odocoileini
Genus : Odocoileus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Dama Virginiana

Other common names

Florida Key Deer

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Virginia (USA).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006302

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 207 names and synonyms.

Dama virginiana

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1777)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

virginiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53966156

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

americanus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873109

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Dama Virginiana

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

virginianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Zimmermann (1783:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  2. Allen (1902:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15968)
  3. Hall & Kelson (1959:1007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72300)

Cervus Cariacou

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cariacou

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Cervus Mexicanus

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)

Cervus Capreolus α. Cariacou

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cariacou

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Cervus Virginianus

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

virginianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Gmelin (1788:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  3. Kerr (1792:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  4. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  5. Shaw (1801:284, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  6. Turton (1802:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772965) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  7. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  8. Treviranus (1803:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  9. Fischer (1814:xvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  10. Muirhead (1819:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  11. Schinz (1821:380, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  12. Desmarest (1822:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  13. Sabine (1823:667, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  14. Cuvier (1824:529, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52173932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68282)
  15. Smith (1826:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  16. Godman (1826:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49166026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  17. Lesson (1827:366, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  18. Fischer (1829:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  19. Blyth (1840:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  20. Cuvier (1842:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  21. Lesson (1842:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  22. De Kay (1842:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  23. Schinz (1845:376, 548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  24. Schinz (1845:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  25. Sundevall (1846:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  26. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  27. Wied-Neuwied (1862:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68471)
  28. Murray (1866:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  29. Sclater (1870:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69149)
  30. Zittel (1893:401, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40423943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62388)

Cervus mexicanus

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

mexicanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:681e

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6d03b0a-ffd3-4461-8aec-062717d2e950

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751399

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  4. Shaw (1801:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37621)
  5. Daudin (1802:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  6. Turton (1802:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  7. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  8. Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  9. Fischer (1814:xvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130078) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  10. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  11. Muirhead (1819:456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  12. Desmarest (1822:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  13. Sabine (1823:667, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  14. Schinz (1825:469, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  15. Smith (1826:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59865)
  16. Lesson (1827:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  17. Fischer (1829:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  18. Lichtenstein (1830:@pl. 18 unnumbered p. 1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59852)
  19. Lesson (1842:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  20. Schinz (1845:378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  21. Sundevall (1846:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40481)
  22. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  23. Murray (1866:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  24. Frantzius (1869:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  25. Sclater (1870:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28554926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69149)
  26. Sclater (1872:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Cervus Cariacou

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

cariacou

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664330

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Treviranus (1803:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  3. Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Cervus indicus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cervidae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664330

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Link (1795:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  3. Crisp (1862:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)
  4. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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