In biological classification , a subfamily ( Latin : subfamilia , plural subfamiliae ) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank , next below family but more inclusive than genus . Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zoological subfamily names with "-inae".
2-518: Odocoileinae The Capreolinae , Odocoileinae , or the New World deer are a subfamily of deer . Alternatively, they are known as the telemetacarpal deer , due to their bone structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer subfamily Cervinae . The telemetacarpal deer maintain their distal lateral metacarpals , while the plesiometacarpal deer maintain only their proximal lateral metacarpals. The Capreolinae are believed to have originated in
4-698: The Middle Miocene , between 7.7 and 11.5 million years ago, in Central Asia . Although this subfamily is called New World deer in English, it includes reindeer , moose , and roe deer , all of which live in Eurasia in the Old World. The following extant genera and species are recognized: Subfamily Detarioideae is an example of a botanical subfamily. Detarioideae is a subdivision of
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