Full reference: W. H. Flower. 1883. On the arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883:178-186
Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003
See also Colbert 1941, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Matthew 1908 and Mennecart et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Bachitheriidae, Delahomeryx, Giraffoidea, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Pecora, Prodremotherium, Sanitherium, Sivatherinae, Thandaungia
Subtaxa: Amphimerycoidea Hypertraguloidea Lophiomerycidae Tragulidae Traguloidea
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser