Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833 (chevrotain)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tragulidae

Belongs to Dorcatherium according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Mors et al. 2000 and Sach and Heizmann 2001

Sister taxa: Dorcatherium bulgaricus, Dorcatherium chappuisi, Dorcatherium crassum, Dorcatherium guntianum, Dorcatherium iririensis, Dorcatherium jourdani, Dorcatherium libiensis, Dorcatherium majus, Dorcatherium minus, Dorcatherium orientale, Dorcatherium peneckei, Dorcatherium pigotti, Dorcatherium puyhauberti, Dorcatherium rodgeri, Dorcatherium songhorensis, Dorcatherium vindobonense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Eppelsheim, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Germany

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), France (5), Germany (6), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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