Procapra

Procapra is a genus of Asian gazelles,^[2] including three living species:

• Mongolian gazelle P. gutturosa
• Tibetan gazelle P. picticaudata
• Przewalski's gazelle P. przewalskii

Procapra
Mongolian gazelle Procapra gutturosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Antilopinae
Tribe:	Antilopini
Genus:	Procapra Hodgson, 1846[1]
Type species
Procapra picticaudata Hodgson, 1846
Species
P. gutturosa P. picticaudata P. przewalskii

The oldest fossils belonging to the genus Procapra date from the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene of central Asia, when the climate was wetter and milder than now. The genus apparently evolved from animals similar to the Pliocene gazelle Gazella sinensis,^[3] and is known to have been hunted by early Neolithic humans at Lake Qinghai in China.^[4]