Cervinae (elk, muntjacs, and tufted deer) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Superorder Cetartiodactyla (cetaceans and artiodactyls)
        
        Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
        
        Family Cervidae (deer)
        
        Subfamily Cervinae (elk, muntjacs, and tufted deer)
        
        Genus Axis (axis deer)
        
        Genus Cervus (elk, red deer, and sika deer)
        
        Genus Dama (fallow deer)
        
        Genus Elaphodus (tufted deer)
        
        Genus Elaphurus (Pere David's deer)
        
        Genus Muntiacus (muntjacs)
        
        Genus Przewalskium (white-lipped deer)
        
        Genus Rucervus (south Asian deer)
        
        Genus Rusa (sambar and rusa deer)