Afrotragulus Temporal range: | |
---|---|
![]() | |
A. moruorotensis mandible | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Tragulidae |
Genus: | † Afrotragulus Sánchez et al., 2010 |
Species | |
| |
Synonyms | |
Dorcatherium moruorotensis |
Afrotragulus is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Kenya and Pakistan during the early Miocene period. [1] It contains the species Afrotragulus moruorotensis and Afrotragulus parvus, formerly classified in genus Dorcatherium, as well as A. akhtari, A. megalomilos, and A. moralesi. [2]