Beatragus
Beatragus | |
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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
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Species[1] | |
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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[]
- ^ "Beatragus". Biolib.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 782. ISBN 9780520257214.
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). Mammals of Africa: Volume VI Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 490. ISBN 9781408189955.
Categories:
- Mammal genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Alcelaphinae
- Mammals described in 1912