Cervus canadensis palmidactyloceros De Stefano, 1911

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cervus elaphus palmidactyloceros De Stefano, 1911

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Italy

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

De Stefano, G. (1911). I mammiferi preistorici dell’lmolese. Paleont. It., 17: 49-97.

Other references:

Abbazzi, Laura and Azzaroli, A. (1995). Occurrence of palmated Cervus elaphus from Italian late Pleistocene localities. Rendiconti Lincei 6(3): 189-206. [Abstract]

Abbazzi, Laura. (2001). A revision of medium and small sized deer from the middle and Late Pleistocene of Calabria and Sicily. Bolletino della Societa Palaeontologica Italiana 40(2): 115-126.

Croitor, Roman and Obada, Theodor. (2018). On the presence of Late Pleistocene wapiti, Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777 (Cervidae, Mammalia) in the Palaeolithic site Climăuți II (Moldova). Contributions to Zoology 87(1): 1-10.

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21599/cervus-elaphus-palmidactyloceros

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