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Mandible of A. moruorotensis

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]

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. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 250533795.


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