Biology:Dorcatherium

Dorcatherium; Temporal range: Miocene, 23–5.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Dorcatherium naui skeleton, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tragulidae
Genus:	†Dorcatherium; Johann Jakob Kaup, 1833
Type species
	†Dorcatherium naui; Kaup & Scholl, 1834
Other species
	†Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer, 1846 ; Lydekker, 1876 Arambourg & Piveteau, 1929 ; Hamilton, 1973 †Dorcatherium minimus; †Dorcatherium pigotti West, 1980 ; †Dorcatherium jourdani Whitworth, 1958 ; Qiu Zhanxiang & Gu Yumin, 1991 †Dorcatherium maliki; †Dorcatherium bulgaricum? Kostopoulos & Sen, 2016 ; †Dorcatherium majus Déperet, 1887 ; Bakalov & Nikolov, 1962 Guzmán, Sandoval & Rössner, 2021 ; †Dorcatherium nagrii †Dorcatherium puyhauberti; Prasad, 1970 †Dorcatherium dehmi; †Dorcatherium orientale †Dorcatherium libiensis;

Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

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

References

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

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Dorcatherium Temporal range: Miocene, 23–5.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Dorcatherium naui skeleton, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tragulidae
Genus:	†Dorcatherium Johann Jakob Kaup, 1833
Type species
†Dorcatherium naui Kaup & Scholl, 1834
Other species
†Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer, 1846 Lydekker, 1876 Arambourg & Piveteau, 1929 Hamilton, 1973 †Dorcatherium minimus †Dorcatherium pigotti West, 1980 †Dorcatherium jourdani Whitworth, 1958 Qiu Zhanxiang & Gu Yumin, 1991 †Dorcatherium maliki †Dorcatherium bulgaricum? Kostopoulos & Sen, 2016 †Dorcatherium majus Déperet, 1887 Bakalov & Nikolov, 1962 Guzmán, Sandoval & Rössner, 2021 †Dorcatherium nagrii †Dorcatherium puyhauberti Prasad, 1970 †Dorcatherium dehmi †Dorcatherium orientale †Dorcatherium libiensis