A genus of large deer, including red deer and elk, characterized by branching antlers and found in the Northern Hemisphere.
From Latin 'cervus' meaning deer, the basic word for the animal in Roman times. This genus name is simply the ancient word given scientific classification, unchanged through millennia.
When Linnaeus invented scientific naming, he reached back to classical Latin—'Cervus' is literally the word Romans used when describing stags roaming their forests!
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