Beatragus Heller 1912 (hirola)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Parent taxon: Alcelaphinae according to A. W. Gentry 2010
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2001 and Vrba 1997
Sister taxa: Alcelaphina, Alcelaphus, Awashia, Connochaetes, Damalacra, Damalborea, Damaliscina, Damaliscus, Maremmia, Numidocapra, Parmularius, Sigmoceros
Subtaxa: Beatragus antiquus Beatragus hunteri Beatragus whitei
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Ethiopia (2), Kenya (9), South Africa (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (3)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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