Raphicerus Smith 1827 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Parent taxon: Neotragini according to A. W. Gentry 2010

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Carroll 1988 and Grubb 2001

Sister taxa: Dorcatragus, Madoqua, Neotragus, Oreotragus, Ourebia, Tyrrhenotragus

Subtaxa: Raphicerus campestris Raphicerus melanotis Raphicerus paralius Raphicerus sharpei

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (13 collections), South Africa (56), Swaziland (3), Tanzania (2), Zambia (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (3), Kenya (3), South Africa (5), Tanzania (5)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (2)

• Miocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 97 collections including 113 occurrences

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