Longirostromeryx

Longirostromeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer, that lived during the Miocene epoch in what is now central North America. There are three, perhaps four, recognized species: Longirostromeryx blicki, L. clarendoniensis, L. novomexicanus, and L. wellsi.

Skull replicas: male (top), female (bottom)

Longirostromeryx Temporal range: middle Miocene to late Pliocene[1]
Female from the Ashfall Fossil Beds
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Moschidae
Subfamily:	†Blastomerycinae
Genus:	†Longirostromeryx Frick, 1937
Type species
†Blastomeryx wellsi
Species[2]
†?L. blicki †L. clarendoniensis †L. novomexicanus †L. wellsi