Dorcatherium Kaup 1839 (chevrotain)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tragulidae

Full reference: J. J. Kaup. 1839. Description d'Ossements Fossiles de Mammifères Inconnus Jusqu'à-Présent. 5:91-119

Parent taxon: Tragulidae according to G. D. Koufos 2020

See also Anyonge 1991, Carroll 1988, Codrea 1992, Covert et al. 2001, Geraads 2010, Geraads et al. 2005, Lydekker 1876, Pickford et al. 2000, Sach and Heizmann 2001, Theodorou et al. 2003 and Vislobokova 2001

Sister taxa: Afrotragulus, Archaeotragulus, Cryptomeryx, Dorcabune, Hyemoschus, Hyomoschus, Iberomeryx, Krabimeryx, Moschiola, Siamotragulus, Stenomeryx, Tragulus, Yunnanotherium

Subtaxa: Dorcatherium bulgaricus Dorcatherium chappuisi Dorcatherium crassum Dorcatherium guntianum Dorcatherium iririensis Dorcatherium jourdani Dorcatherium libiensis Dorcatherium majus Dorcatherium minus Dorcatherium naui Dorcatherium orientale Dorcatherium peneckei Dorcatherium pigotti Dorcatherium puyhauberti Dorcatherium rodgeri Dorcatherium vindobonense

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Type: Dorcatherium naui

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Turolian of Bulgaria (3 collections), China (4), Greece (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Pakistan (1)

• Miocene of Austria (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (3), France (21), Germany (11), Greece (9), Hungary (2), India (2), Kenya (17), Namibia (1), Nepal (2), Pakistan (13), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Serbia (1), Slovakia (2), Spain (5), Switzerland (4), Thailand (1), Türkiye (2), Uganda (1), Vietnam (1)

Total: 119 collections including 166 occurrences

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