Kipsigicerus

Kipsigicerus is an extinct genus of tragoportacin bovid that inhabited East Africa during the Middle Miocene.^[2] The type species, Kipsigicerus labidotus, was discovered in Fort Ternan, Kenya, and was originally described as a species of Protragocerus. The horn cores were distinct, being highly compressed with each horn growing forward to one another. Because of the unique horn morphology, the genus Kipsigicerus was erected for this species.^[3]

Kipsigicerus Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	†Kipsigicerus Thomas, 1984
Species:	†K. labidotus
Binomial name
†Kipsigicerus labidotus Gentry, 1970
Synonyms[1]
Protragocerus labidotus

Palaeoecology

Though its palaeoenvironment was forested, the dental microwear patterns of K. labidotus are suggestive of the tragoportacin being a grazing herbivore with some intermediate feeding tendencies. Its premaxillary morphology was geared towards a diet of mixed feeding.^[4]