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Cervus sp.

genus Cervus Linnaeus, 1758

Invalid synonym: Nipponicervus sp.

• Modern species: Pleistocene - Present (8.7 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Cetartiodactyla, family Cervidae

• Distribution
• Quaternary: Fukushima, Tochigi, Aichi, Okayama, Kagawa
• Pleistocene: Nagano, Tochigi, Chiba, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Shiga, Kyoto, Osaka, Yamaguchi, Ehime
• Investigation in progress: Shiga

• Distribution (Footprints)
• Pliocene: Shiga

• Subtaxa
• C. grayi subsp. katokiyomasai
• C. kazusensis
• C. nippon, Sika deer
• C. paleoezoensis
• C. praenipponicus