Heteroprox

Heteroprox is an extinct genus of deer from the Miocene of Europe.

Heteroprox Temporal range: 15.97–11.61 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Genus:	†Heteroprox Schaub, 1928
Type species
†Heteroprox larteti Filhol, 1891 (as Cervus larteti)
Species
H. anatoliensis H. eggeri H. larteti H. moralesi

Description

Heteroprox was a mid-sized deer that would have been similar in appearance to a muntjac. It would have stood about 1 m (3.3 ft) tall and weighed around 35 kg (77 lb).^[1]

It had fairly long legs, and two-pronged antlers. Based on its leg proportions, it was probably semi-aquatic and lived in humid, swampy environments.^[1]

Palaeoecology

Dental microwear and mesowear indicates that H. larteti consumed significant quantities of abrasive grasses.^[2]