After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Cervoidea Goldfuss, 1820 (deerlike ruminants; hirvensukuiset märehtijät) |?- †Walangania |?- †Orygotherium escheri von Meyer, 1838 |?- †Boreomeryx braskerudi Dawson & Harington, 2007 Plioc. NNAm. `--+-- Moschidae (musk deers; myskihirvet) `--+-- Antilocapridae (proghorns; hanka-antiloopit) `--+-- †Palaeomerycidae [incl. Dromomerycidae Frick, 1937 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] `--+--o †Hoplitomerycidae | |-- †Amphimoschus | `-- †Hoplitomeryx `-- Cervidae (hirvet, kauriit & peurat)
Reference(s):
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