Blastocerus dichotomus Illiger 1815 (marsh deer)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Alternative combinations: Blastoceros dichotomus, Cervus dichotomus
Belongs to Blastocerus according to L. Pinder and A. P. Grosse 1991
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008 and Hershkovitz 1982
Sister taxa: Blastoceros azpeitianus, Blastoceros campestris, Blastoceros paludosus, Blastocerus extraneus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Paraguay (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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