Biology:Procervulus
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Short description: Extinct genus of deer
Procervulus | |
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Skull, Museum Mensch und Natur, Munchen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Cervidae |
Subfamily: | †Procervulinae |
Genus: | †Procervulus |
Procervulus is an extinct species of deer found in Europe.[1] It possessed horns that were not shed.[2]
References
- ↑ Pilgrim, G. E. (1941). "X.—The relationship of certain variant fossil types of "horn" to those of the living Pecora". Journal of Natural History. Series 11 7 (38): 172. doi:10.1080/00222934108527149.
- ↑ Ginsburg, L. (1988). "La faune des mammifères des sables Miocènes du synclinal d'Esvres (Val de Loire)" [The mammalian fauna of the Miocene sands of the syncline Esvres (Loire Valley)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. II (in French): 319–22.
Wikidata ☰ Q3922355 entry