Beatragus

Beatragus Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	Beatragus Heller, 1912
Type species
Beatragus hunteri Sclater, 1889
Species [1]
Beatragus hunteri – hirola † Beatragus antiquus – ancient hirola † Beatragus vrbae † Beatragus whitei

Beatragus is a genus of alcelaphine antelope. The hirola (Beatragus hunteri) is the only living representative, but a couple of extinct species are known, all from Africa. ^[2]

The hirola and the larger Beatragus antiquus may together represent different phases of a chronospecies; the living hirola probably declined in size as a result of an ecologically impoverished landscape. ^[3]

References

1. "Beatragus". Biolib. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
2. Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 782. ISBN   9780520257214.
3. Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). Mammals of Africa: Volume VI Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 490. ISBN   9781408189955.