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Neotragus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Neotragus was named by Hamilton Smith (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Neotragini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Grubb (2001); and to Aepycerotinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Tragulus Pallas p. 6
1785Tragulus Boddaert p. 49
1827Neotragus Hamilton Smith
1999Neotragus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Neotragus Grubb p. 377
2008Neotragus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeNeotraginiSclater and Thomas 1894
genusNeotragusHamilton Smith 1827

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Neotragus Hamilton Smith 1827
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Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846 [suni]
Neotragus pygmaeus Linnaeus 1758 [royal antelope]
Invalid names: Tragulus Boddaert 1785 [synonym], Tragulus Pallas 1767 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa N. batesi (22074)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa N. batesi (22073)