Tragoportax
Extinct genus of bovid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tragoportax is an extinct genus of bovid ungulate. It lived during the upper Miocene, and its fossils have been found in Europe, Asia and Africa.[4] Tragoportax is sometimes considered to have been a close relative of the extant nilgai, though it may have formed its own subfamily, along with Miotragocerus.[3]
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Tragoportax | |
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Horns of Tragoportax amalthea | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Tribe: | Boselaphini |
Genus: | †Tragoportax Pilgrim, 1937 |
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Tragoportax salmontanus[1] Pilgrim, 1937 | |
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