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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Ruminantia — thedeer etc..
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The Moose and the Elk (Wapiti) along with other modern deer species are members of the family Cervidae.
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The Moose and the Elk (Wapiti) along with other modern deer species are members of the family Cervidae.
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Reindeer are the only members of the deer family (Cervidae) in which this phenomenon occurs.
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Family Species Suidae Sus verrucosus Cervidae Axis kuhlii** An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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A new species of muntjac Muntiacus putaoensis (Artiodactyla: Cervidae) from northern Myanmar.
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A* (Sibuyan only) Suidae Sus cebifrons* Cervidae Cervus alfredi* An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion
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His edited volume "The Biology and Management of the Cervidae" was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
Chapter 11 1991
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At the same time each species of the _Cervidae_ has its special characters in the antlers, in shape and branching, and it would be impossible to attribute these to differences in mode of fighting: they are due to mutation.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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In my own volume on _Sexual Dimorphism in the Animal Kingdom_, published in 1900, I attempted to explain the limitation of secondary sexual characters not only to one sex, but usually to one period of the individual life, namely, that of sexual maturity; and in some cases, as in male Cervidae, to one season of the year in which alone the sexual organs are active.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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Milk glands, then, are somatic sex-characters common to a whole class, instead of being restricted to a family like the antlers in Cervidae.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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