Biology:Afrotragulus
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
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| A. moruorotensis mandible | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | †Afrotragulus Sánchez et al., 2010 |
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Dorcatherium moruorotensis | |
Afrotragulus is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Kenya during the early Miocene period.[1] It contains the species Afrotragulus moruorotensis and Afrotragulus parvus, formerly classified in genus Dorcatherium, as well as A. akhtari, A. megalomilos, and A. moralesi.[2]
References
- ↑ Israel M. Sánchez; Victoria Quiralte; Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2010). "A new genus of tragulid ruminant from the early Miocene of Kenya". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (2): 177–187. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0087. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20090087.pdf.
- ↑ Sánchez, Israel M.; Abbas, Sayyed Ghyour; Khan, Muhammad Akbar; Babar, Muhammad Adeeb; Quiralte, Victoria; DeMiguel, Daniel (2022-08-03). "The first Asian record of the mouse-deer Afrotragulus (Ruminantia, Tragulidae) reassess its evolutionary history and offers insights on the influence of body size on Afrotragulus diversification". Historical Biology 34 (8): 1544–1559. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719. ISSN 0891-2963. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719.
Wikidata ☰ Q4690337 entry
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