Profil taxonu
Body size varies from medium to very large; antlers of moderate size, with a basal forward tine and distal crown tines inserted on the posterior side of the beam; the crown tines are frequently dichotomously branched; the basal tine is often supplemented with an accessory prong or is branched; no middle tine. The braincase is moderately flexed; parietal bones are not convex. Basioccipitale is bell-shaped, broadened in the pharyngeal tubercles. Small upper canines are present in both sexes.
Hodgson (1838) indicated in the diagnosis of Cervus (Rucervus) that upper canines are only present in males. Pocock (1943) confirmed Hodgson’s statement, but he recognized that he was able to check this character only in a single female skull of Rucervus duvaucelii that was studied by Hodgson. According to the craniological material stored in the MNHN, the upper canines are present in both sexes of R. duvaucelii.
The definition of the genus Arvernoceros Heintz, 1970 based on Cervus ardei Croizet et Jobert, 1828 from the Late Pliocene (Early Villafranchian) of Perrier-Etouaires (France) generally corresponds to the diagnosis of Rucervus and therefore is a junior synonym of the latter, or, at the most, could be regarded as a subgenus of Rucervus.
The definition of the genus Arvernoceros Heintz, 1970 based on Cervus ardei Croizet et Jobert, 1828 from the Late Pliocene (Early Villafranchian) of Perrier-Etouaires (France) generally corresponds to the diagnosis of Rucervus and therefore is a junior synonym of the latter, or, at the most, could be regarded as a subgenus of Rucervus.
Autor: Roman Croitor
Zařazené taxony
Počet záznamů: 3podrod Rucervus Hodgson, 1838
Taxony s nejistým zařazením
Fosilní taxony
Odkazy a literatura
Hodgson, B.H. 1838. Proceedings of Learned Societies. Linnaean Society, Feb. 20, 1838. Ann. Nat. Hist., 1, 152–154. [jako Rucervus]
Pocock, R. I. 1943. The Larger Deer of British India. Part II. Journal of Bombay Natural History Society, 43: 553-572. [jako Thaocervus]
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1254045]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [jako Rucervus Hodgson, 1838]
Datum citace: 30. listopad 2019