Dorcatherium

Dorcatherium is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Europe, East Africa and the Siwaliks during the Miocene and Pliocene.[1]

Dorcatherium
Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tragulidae
Genus: †Dorcatherium
Kaup, 1833
Species
  • D. nauii Kaup, 1833
  • D. majus Lydekker, 1876
  • D. minus Lydekker, 1876
  • D. minimus West, 1980
  • D. nagrii Guar et al., 1983
Dorcatherium by Mauricio Anton
Dorcatherium minus jaw fragments, Natural History Museum, London

References
  1. McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.


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