Tribe Aepycerotini Gray 1872 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative spelling: Aepycerotinae

Parent taxon: Antilopinae according to A. Hassanin and E. J. P. Douzery 2003

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Grubb 2001 and Hassanin and Douzery 1999

Sister taxa: Alcelaphini, Antilopini, Caprini, Cephalophini, Etruria, Etruria, Hippotragini, Homoiodorcas, Litocranius, Nemorhoedus, Neotragini, Pantholopini, Pantholops, Parantidorcas, Peleini, Reduncini, Urmiatherium

Subtaxa: Aepyceros

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (2 collections), Ethiopia (21), Kenya (57), South Africa (4), Swaziland (3), Tanzania (10), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (5), Malawi (1), Uganda (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (7), Kenya (16), Malawi (2), South Africa (1), Tanzania (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Kenya (3), Uganda (3)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)

• Miocene of Kenya (3)

Total: 146 collections including 153 occurrences

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