Afrotragulus

Afrotragulus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
A. moruorotensis mandible
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tragulidae
Genus: †Afrotragulus
Sánchez et al., 2010
Species
  • A. akhtari Sanchez et al. 2022
  • A. megalomilos Sanchez et al. 2022
  • A. moralesi Sanchez et al. 2022
  • A. moruorotensis Pickford et al., 2001 (type)
  • A. parvus Withworth et al., 1958
Synonyms

Dorcatherium moruorotensis
Dorcatherium parvus

Mandible of A. moruorotensis

Afrotragulus is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Kenya and Pakistan during the early Miocene period. It contains the species Afrotragulus moruorotensis and Afrotragulus parvus, formerly classified in genus Dorcatherium, as well as A. akhtari, A. megalomilos, and A. moralesi.

References

  1. ↑ Israel M. Sánchez; Victoria Quiralte; Jorge Morales; Martin Pickford (2010). "A new genus of tragulid ruminant from the early Miocene of Kenya" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (2): 177–187. doi:10.4202/app.2009.0087.
  2. ↑ 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. Bibcode:2022HBio...34.1544S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 250533795.