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Antilope subtorta

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Antilope subtorta
Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Antilopini
Genus: Antilope
Species:
A. subtorta
Binomial name
Antilope subtorta
Pilgrim, 1937[1]

Antilope subtorta is an extinct species of antelope that lived during the Pliocene in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.[2]

A. subtorta is considered the oldest known member of the genus.[3] In comparison to the living blackbuck, the horns were less twisted.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Antilope subtorta". Biolib.
  2. ^ a b Khan, M.A.; Akhtar, M. (2014). "Antelopes (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Bovidae) from the Upper Siwaliks of Tatrot, Pakistan, with description of a new species". Paleontological Journal. 48 (1). doi:10.1134/S0031030114010055.
  3. ^ Mungall, Elizabeth Cary (1978). The Indian Blackbuck Antelope: A Texas View. Caesar Kleberg Research Program in Wildlife Ecology. p. 108. ISBN 9780890961971.