
''Afrotragulus'' is an extinct genus of
tragulid ruminant which existed in
Kenya
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and
Pakistan
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during the early
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
period.
It contains the species ''Afrotragulus moruorotensis'' and ''Afrotragulus parvus'', formerly classified in genus ''
Dorcatherium,'' as well as ''A. akhtari, A. megalomilos'', and ''A. moralesi''.
References
Chevrotains
Miocene Artiodactyla
Fossil taxa described in 2010
Miocene mammals of Africa
Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
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