Classification
Biota [regio]Animalia [regnum]
Chordata [phylum]
Mammalia [classis]
Artiodactyla [ordo]
Cervidae [familia]
Cervus [genus]
Cervus elaphus [species]
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758 contains the following taxa:
Cervus elaphus maral Gray, 1850 [subspecies]