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Taxonomy
Rusa was named by Smith (1827). It is extant.
It was reranked as Cervus (Rusa) by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930) and Groves and Grubb (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Cervus by Hassanin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Zhang et al. (1980); to Cervus by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930) and Groves and Grubb (1987); and to Cervini by Grubb (2000), Mackiewicz et al. (2022).
It was reranked as Cervus (Rusa) by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930) and Groves and Grubb (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Cervus by Hassanin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Zhang et al. (1980); to Cervus by Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau (1930) and Groves and Grubb (1987); and to Cervini by Grubb (2000), Mackiewicz et al. (2022).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Rusa Smith |
| 1930 | Cervus (Rusa) Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau |
| 1980 | Rusa Zhang et al. |
| 1987 | Cervus (Rusa) Groves and Grubb |
| 2000 | Rusa Grubb p. 302 |
| 2022 | Rusa Mackiewicz et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Rusa Smith 1827
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†Cervus (Rusa) elegans Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
†Cervus (Rusa) leptodus Koken 1885
†Rusa kendengensis Dubois 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neogene | Taiwan (N/A) | Cervus timoriensis (208234) | |
| Pliocene | China (Tianjin) | Cervus leptodus (231233) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') | Cervus sp. (39409) | |
| Ruscinian - Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Cervus sp. (35354) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Cervus elegans (231023) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Yunnan) | Cervus yunnanensis (78193) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Cervus yunnanensis (214689) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guanxi) | R. yunnanensis (230994) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | R. sp. (93522) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Yunnan) | R. yuananesis, R. sp. (36587) | |
| Pleistocene | China (Liaoyang) | R. elegans (34667) | |
| Pleistocene | Tajikistan | Cervus sp. (34102) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Cervus tricolor (120834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Hubei) | Cervus elegans (234753) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia | R. sp. (93523) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | R. sp. (92787) | |
| Holocene | Indonesia (Java) | Cervus kuhlii (13738) |