Capreolini
Appearance
| Capreolini | |
|---|---|
| Capreolus capreolus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Tribe: | Capreolini |
| Genera | |
Capreolini is a tribe of deer, containing two extant genera and one extinct genus. There are currently three extant species: the water deer, which is the only member of the genus Hydropotes, and European and Siberian roe deer, who comprise the genus Capreolus.
Genera
[edit]- Extant genera
- Extinct genera
- †Procapreolus- Found during the Miocene/Pliocene boundary.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Di Stefano, G., Petronio, C., 2002. Systematics and evolution of the Eurasian Plio-Pleistocene tribe Cervini (Artiodactyla, Mammalia). Geol. Romana. 36, 311–334.