| Xenocervulus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Genus: | †Xenocervulus Croitor, 2025 |
| Species: | †X. ruscinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Xenocervulus ruscinensis (Depéret, 1890)
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Xenocervulus is an extinct genus of cervine deer that lived in Europe during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
The brachydont, small cheek teeth in the maxilla suggest that X. ruscinensis was a folivorous browser.1
References
References
- Croitor, Roman (May 2025). "A revision of Cervus ruscinensis Depéret, 1890 (Cervidae, Mammalia) from the Early Pliocene of Roussillon (France)". Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 64 (1): 245–259. doi:10.4435/BSPI.2025.13. ISSN 0375-7633. Retrieved 3 April 2026 – via ResearchGate.