Definition of Genus Elaphurus

1. Noun. A genus of Cervidae.

Exact synonyms: Elaphurus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Elaphure, Elaphurus Davidianus, Pere David's Deer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Elaphurus

genus Ectopistes
genus Edaphosaurus
genus Edmontosaurus
genus Egeria
genus Egretta
genus Eichhornia
genus Eimeria
genus Eira
genus Elaeagnus
genus Elaeis
genus Elaeocarpus
genus Elagatis
genus Elanoides
genus Elanus
genus Elaphe
genus Elaphurus (current term)
genus Electrophorus
genus Eleocharis
genus Elephantopus
genus Elephas
genus Elettaria
genus Eleusine
genus Eleutherodactylus
genus Eliomys
genus Elodea
genus Elops
genus Elsholtzia
genus Elymus
genus Emberiza
genus Embothrium

Literary usage of Genus Elaphurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Again, it is highly probable that Père David s deer of Central Asia, alone representing the genus Elaphurus, is akin to the fork-antlered deer, ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"Some specimens sent to France by Father David were described by Milne-Edwards, who proposed to make them the type of a new genus, Elaphurus. ..."

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