Procapra
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| Procapra | |
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| File:Procapra gutturosa - Bertuch.jpg | |
| Mongolian gazelle Procapra gutturosa | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Procapra Hodgson, 1846[1] |
| Type species | |
| Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846
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| Species | |
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P. gutturosa | |
Procapra is a genus of Asian gazelles,[2] including three living species:
- Mongolian gazelle P. gutturosa
- Tibetan gazelle P. picticaudata
- Przewalski's gazelle P. przewalskii
The oldest fossils belonging to the genus Procapra date from the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene of central Asia, when the climate was wetter and milder than now. The genus apparently evolved from animals similar to the Pliocene gazelle Gazella sinensis,[3] and is known to have been hunted by early Neolithic humans at Lake Qinghai in China.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Groves, C. P. (1967) On the gazelles of the genus Procapra Hodgson, 1846. Z. Saugetierk. Accessed on 2008-05-31 PDF Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed May 31, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org
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