After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Cervini Gary, 1821 (nykyjalohirvet)
|--o Axis Smith, H., 1827 ()?
| |?- †A. shansius Teilhard & Trassaert, 1937
| |?- †A. japonicus Otsuka, 1967
| |-- (Axis) axis (aksishirvi)
| `--o (Hyelaphus)
| |--o A. (H.) porcinus (sikahirvi)
| | |-- A. (H.) p. porcinus ()?
| | `-- A. (H.) p. annamiticus ()?
| |-- A. (H.) kuhli (baweanhirvi) [ssp. => A. porcinus]
| `-- A. (H.) calamianensis (kalamianhirvi) [ssp. => A. porcinus]
|-- †Eucladocerus [Polycladus]
|-- †Croizetoceros
|-- Elaphurus davidianus (Padre David's deer; milu; davidinhirvi)
|-- †Sangamona
|-- Cervus (elk) [10 species, 45 subspecies]
`--o Dama Linnaeus, 1758 (kuusipeurat)
|-- D. mesopotamica (persiankuusipeura, mesopotamianpeura) [ssp. => D. dama]
`--o D. dama Linnaeus, 1758 (kuusipeura) [2 Recent subsp.]
|-- †D. d. schaeferi (Hiltzheimer, 1926) (afrikankuusipeura)
|-- D. d. dama Linnaeus, 1758 (euroopankuusipeura)
`-- D. d. ssp.
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
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in Maglio, V. J. & Cooke, H. B. S., (eds.) 1978: Evolution of African mammals.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1978, xiv-641
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Classification of mammals; above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997.
- Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii
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–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629
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–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 15, #1, pp. 146-159