Cervidae

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Translingual

a deer Odocoileus hemionus

Etymology

Cervus +‎ -idae. Coined by German paleontologist, mineralogist, zoologist and botanist Georg August Goldfuss in 1820.

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Cervidae

  1. A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – cervids (deer etc.).

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