Taxonomic Status of Cervus elaphus merriami (Cervidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1978
Authors:Anderson, S, Barlow, R
Journal:The Southwestern Naturalist
Volume:23
Date Published:1978
ISBN Number:00384909
Keywords:Cervidae, Cervus elaphus
Abstract:

The few extant specimens of the extinct Merriam's elk, Cervus merriami, of Arizona and New Mexico, are compared with specimens of Cervus elaphus of more northern subspecies, and the previously stated but largely undocumented conclusion of conspecificity is supported. Cervus elaphus merriami was a marginally valid subspecies, not a separate species.

URL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3669980
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