Afrotragulus Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. 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. 10.4202/app.2009.0087. free.
  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 . 10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719 . 250533795 . 0891-2963.

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