''Antidorcas bondi'', or Bond's springbok, is an extinct species of

antelope The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe. Antelopes do ...

whose fossils have been found in

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and

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Description

Originally described as a species of

gazelle A gazelle is one of many antelope species in the genus ''Gazella'' . There are also seven species included in two further genera; '' Eudorcas'' and '' Nanger'', which were formerly considered subgenera of ''Gazella''. A third former subgenus, ' ...

, it was found to be related to the modern

springbok The springbok or springbuck (''Antidorcas marsupialis'') is an antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa. The sole member of the genus (biology), genus ''Antidorcas'', this bovid was first Species description, described by the Germa ...

based on cranial morphology. Due to its exceptionally hypsodont teeth, together with isotopic evidence, Bond's springbok is considered a specialized grazer. Bond's springbok survived past the Pleistocene in South Africa, surviving until as recently as 5,000 BC.

References

Prehistoric bovids Pliocene Artiodactyla Pleistocene Artiodactyla Pliocene mammals of Africa Pleistocene mammals of Africa Prehistoric mammals of Africa Holocene extinctions Cenozoic mammals of Africa Antilopinae {{Paleo-eventoedungulate-stub