Antilope subtorta Temporal range: Late Pliocene | |
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Scientific 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
- "Antilope subtorta". Biolib.
- ^ 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.
- 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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