Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Belongs to Hippotragus according to Leakey 1965

Sister taxa: Hippotragus bohlini, Hippotragus cookei, Hippotragus equinus, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Hippotragus niger, Hippotragus niro, Hippotragus priscus

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Kenya (6), South Africa (2), Tanzania (4)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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