Definition of Cervus sika

1. Noun. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.

Exact synonyms: Cervus Nipon, Japanese Deer, Sika
Generic synonyms: Cervid, Deer
Group relationships: Cervus, Genus Cervus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cervus Sika

Ceroxylon andicola
Cerrobend
Certhia
Certhia americana
Certhia familiaris
Certhiidae
Certificate of Need
Certificates of Need
Cervantes
Cervantes Saavedra
Cervidae
Cervus
Cervus canadensis
Cervus elaphus
Cervus nipon
Cervus sika
Cervus unicolor
Ceryle
Ceryle alcyon
Cerys
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
Cesar Franck
Cesar Ritz
Cesare Borgia
Cesarian
Cestan-Chenais syndrome
Cestida
Cestidae
Cestodaria

Literary usage of Cervus sika

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

1. Catalogue of Ruminant Mammalia: (Pecora, Linnæus) in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1872)
"I am therefore induced to believe that the following may prove to be the correct synonymy of this species of Deer:— " cervus sika, Tenim. Sf Sieb. ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"The figure of Temminck and Siebold's cervus sika, in the ' Fauna Japonica,' certainly looks very little like the male of this species. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological by Zoological Society of London Committee of Science and Correspondence, Committee of Science and Correspondence, Zoological Society of London (1850)
"cervus sika. The SIKA. Dark brown ; cheeks and throat rather paler; ... cervus sika, Schlegel, Fauna Japon. t. 17 ; Sundev. Pecora, 55, 131; Gray, Knows. ..."

4. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"cervus sika, Temminck and Schlegel Faun. Jap. Mamm., p. 54, pi. xvii (1847) ; Blyth Cat., p. 148 ; PL Sclater PZS, ..."

5. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1874)
"This Deer is evidently the representative in China of cervus sika of Japan, which it resembles in general habit, though the present example is slightly ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"Japanese Deer (cervus sika)—No body- measurements nor weights are to hand. Maximum measurements, which are those of one pair of horns : Length, 2 ft. ..."

7. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1873)
"345, pis. 33 & 34, male, female, and young. 6. cervus sika, p. 346, pi. 35, male aud female. 7. ..."

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