After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Cervinae (kauriit; jalohirvet) |?- †Tamanalces |?- †Torontoceros `--+--o †Pliocervini | |-- †Cervavitus | `-- †Pliocervus Hilzheimer, 1922 `--+-- Cervini Gray, 1821 (aitokauriit; nykyjalohirvet) `--o †Megacerini Viret, 1961 (jättisarvihirvet) |-- †Praesinomegaceros |-- †Arvernoceros |-- †Neomegaloceros |-- †Sinomegaceros [Sinomegaceroides] |-- †Psekupsoceros |--+-- †Orchonoceros gromovi Vislobokova, 1979 [=? Orthonoceros lapsus calami] | `-- †Praemegaceros Portis, 1920 [Praerangifer, Orthogonoceros] |-- †Candiacervus |--o †Megaloceros Brookes, 1828 [Megaceros Owen, 1844; Praedama; Dolichodoryceros] (Irish elk; jättisarvihirvi) | |-- †M. fossilis (Kerr, 1792) [Cervus giganteus Blumenbach, 1799; Cervus hibernus Desmarest, 1822; Cervus megaceros Hart, 1825; Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach, 1799] | |-- †M. algericus (Lydekker, 1890) [Cervus algericus Lydekker, 1890; Cervus pachygenys Pomel, 1892] | |-- †M. luochuanensis Xue, 1982 | `-- †M. baotouensis (Huang et al., 1989) [Megaceros baotouensis Huang et al., 1989] |-- †Allocaenelaphus |-- †Megaceroides Joleaud, 1914 [=? Megaloceros] `-- †Nesoleipoceros
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