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Deer belong to the family called Cervidae.It depends on what kind of deer you want to know about.

The family Cervidae is organized as follows:

Subfamily Muntiacinae (Muntjacs)

Indian muntjac or Common Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak)

Reeves's muntjac or Chinese Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)

Hairy-fronted muntjac or Black Muntjac (Muntiacus crinifrons)

Fea's muntjac (Muntiacus feae)

Bornean Yellow muntjac (Muntiacus atherodes)

Roosevelt's muntjac (Muntiacus rooseveltorum)

Gongshan muntjac (Muntiacus gongshanensis)

Giant muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis)

Truong Son muntjac (Muntiacus truongsonensis)

Leaf muntjac (Muntiacus putaoensis)

Tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus)

Subfamily Cervinae (True Deer, Old World Deer):

Genus Cervus:

Subgenus Cervus:

European red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Central Asian Red Deer (Cervus affinis)

North American Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Subgenus Przewalskium:

Thorold's deer, or white-lipped deer (Cervus albirostris)

Subgenus Sika:

Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)

Subgenus Rucervus:

Barasingha (Cervus duvaucelii)

Schomburgk's Deer (Cervus schomburgki) (extinct, 1938)

Eld's Deer or Thamin (Cervus eldii)

Subgenus Rusa:

Indian Sambar (Cervus unicolor)

Sunda Sambar or Rusa Deer (Cervus timorensis)

Philippine Sambar (Cervus mariannus)

Philippine Spotted Deer or Visayan Spotted Deer (Cervus alfredi)

Genus Axis:

Subgenus Axis:

Chital or Axis deer (Axis axis)

Subgenus Hyelaphus:

Hog deer (Axis porcinus)

Calamian deer (Axis calamianensis)

Bawean deer (Axis kuhlii)

Genus Elaphurus:

Père David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Genus Dama:

Fallow deer (Dama dama)

+ Giant Deer (Megaloceros giganteus) [1]

Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica)

Subfamily Hydropotinae (Water Deer)

Chinese water deer (Hydroptes inermis)

Subfamily Odocoileinae (New World Deer)

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)

Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)

Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

Red Brocket (Mazama americana)

Merioa Brocket (Mazama bricenii)

Dwarf Brocket (Mazama chunyi)

Grey Brocket (Mazama gouazoubira)

Pygmy Brocket (Mazama nana)

Yucatan Brown Brocket (Mazama pandora)

Little Red Brocket (Mazama rufina)

Northern Pudú (Pudu mephistophiles) (smallest deer in the world)

Southern Pudú (Pudu pudu)

Peruvian Guemul or North Andean Deer (Hippocamelus antisensis)

Chilean Huemul or South Andean Deer (Hippocamelus bisulcus)

European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus)

Caribou/Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Moose (Alces alces; called "Elk" in England and Scandinavia) (largest deer in the world)

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