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Antilope subtorta

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Extinct species of bovid

Antilope subtorta
Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Antilopini
Genus: Antilope
Species: A. subtorta
Binomial name
Antilope subtorta
Pilgrim, 1937

Antilope subtorta is an extinct species of antelope that lived during the Pliocene in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.

A. subtorta is considered the oldest known member of the genus. In comparison to the living blackbuck, the horns were less twisted.

References

  1. "Antilope subtorta". Biolib.
  2. ^ Khan, M.A.; Akhtar, M. (2014). "Antelopes (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Bovidae) from the Upper Siwaliks of Tatrot, Pakistan, with description of a new species". Paleontological Journal. 48 (1). doi:10.1134/S0031030114010055.
  3. Mungall, Elizabeth Cary (1978). The Indian Blackbuck Antelope: A Texas View. Caesar Kleberg Research Program in Wildlife Ecology. p. 108. ISBN 9780890961971.
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