Hippocamelus Leuckart 1816 (huemuls)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae

Parent taxon: Odocoileinae according to S. D. Webb 1992

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Ameghino 1902, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2000 and Hershkovitz 1982

Sister taxa: Blastocerus, Mazama, Morenelaphus, Odocoileini, Odocoileus, Ozotoceros, Pavlodaria, Pudini, Rohnia

Subtaxa: Hippocamelus (Furcifer) Hippocamelus antisensis Hippocamelus bisulcus

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Peru (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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