Dorcatherium
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | Dorcatherium Kaup, 1833 |
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Dorcatherium is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Europe, East Africa and the Siwaliks during the Miocene and Pliocene.[1][2]
References [edit]
- ^ ., U. F.; ., M. A. K.; ., M. A.; ., A. M. K. (2007). "Dorcatherium majus, a Study of Upper Dentition from the Lower and Middle Siwaliks of Pakistan". Journal of Applied Sciences 7 (9): 1299. doi:10.3923/jas.2007.1299.1303.
- ^ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.
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