Biology:Dorcatherium

Dorcatherium; Temporal range: Miocene, 23–5.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Dorcatherium naui skeleton, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tragulidae
Genus:	†Dorcatherium; Johann Jakob Kaup, 1833
Type species
	†Dorcatherium naui; Kaup & Scholl, 1834
Other species
	†Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer, 1846 ; Lydekker, 1876 Arambourg & Piveteau, 1929 ; Hamilton, 1973 †Dorcatherium minimus; †Dorcatherium pigotti West, 1980 ; †Dorcatherium jourdani Whitworth, 1958 ; Qiu Zhanxiang & Gu Yumin, 1991 †Dorcatherium maliki; †Dorcatherium bulgaricum? Kostopoulos & Sen, 2016 ; †Dorcatherium majus Déperet, 1887 ; Bakalov & Nikolov, 1962 Guzmán, Sandoval & Rössner, 2021 ; †Dorcatherium nagrii †Dorcatherium puyhauberti; Prasad, 1970 †Dorcatherium dehmi; †Dorcatherium orientale †Dorcatherium libiensis;

Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Dorcatherium by Mauricio Anton

Dorcatherium minus jaw fragments, Natural History Museum, London

Dorcatherium is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Europe, East Africa and the Siwaliks during the Miocene.^[1]

References

↑ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. pp. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.

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Dorcatherium Temporal range: Miocene, 23–5.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Dorcatherium naui skeleton, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tragulidae
Genus:	†Dorcatherium Johann Jakob Kaup, 1833
Type species
†Dorcatherium naui Kaup & Scholl, 1834
Other species
†Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer, 1846 Lydekker, 1876 Arambourg & Piveteau, 1929 Hamilton, 1973 †Dorcatherium minimus †Dorcatherium pigotti West, 1980 †Dorcatherium jourdani Whitworth, 1958 Qiu Zhanxiang & Gu Yumin, 1991 †Dorcatherium maliki †Dorcatherium bulgaricum? Kostopoulos & Sen, 2016 †Dorcatherium majus Déperet, 1887 Bakalov & Nikolov, 1962 Guzmán, Sandoval & Rössner, 2021 †Dorcatherium nagrii †Dorcatherium puyhauberti Prasad, 1970 †Dorcatherium dehmi †Dorcatherium orientale †Dorcatherium libiensis