Biology:Procapra
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Procapra | |
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| Mongolian gazelle Procapra gutturosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Procapra Hodgson, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846
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| Species | |
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P. gutturosa | |
Procapra is a genus of Asian gazelles,[2] including three living species:
- Mongolian gazelle P. gutturosa
- Tibetan gazelle P. picticaudata
- Przewalski's gazelle P. przewalskii
The oldest fossils belonging to the genus Procapra date from the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene of central Asia, when the climate was wetter and milder than now. The genus apparently evolved from animals similar to the Pliocene gazelle Gazella sinensis,[3] and is known to have been hunted by early Neolithic humans at Lake Qinghai in China.[4]
References
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (1967) On the gazelles of the genus Procapra Hodgson, 1846. Z. Saugetierk. Accessed on 2008-05-31 PDF
- ↑ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed May 31, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org
- ↑ Leslie, D.M. Jr. (2010). "Procapra picticaudata (Artiodactyla: Bovidae)". Mammalian Species 42 (1): 138–148. doi:10.1644/861.1. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Rhode, D. (2006). "Epipaleolithic/early Neolithic settlements at Qinghai Lake, western China". Journal of Archaeological Science 34 (4): 600–612. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2006.06.016.
Wikidata ☰ Q782492 entry
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