Antidorcas bondi
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Antidorcas bondi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
Tribe: | Antilopini |
Genus: | Antidorcas |
Species: | †A. bondi
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Binomial name | |
†Antidorcas bondi (Cooke and Wells, 1951)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Gazella bondi |
Antidorcas bondi, or Bond's springbok, is an extinct species of antelope whose fossils have been found in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Description
Originally described as a species of gazelle, it was found to be related to the modern springbok based on cranial morphology. Due to its exceptionally hypsodont teeth, together with isotopic evidence, Bond's springbok is considered a specialized grazer.[2]
Bond's springbok survived past the Pleistocene in South Africa, surviving until as recently as 5,000 BC.[3]
References
- ^ "Antidorcas bondi". Fossilworks.
- ^ Faith, J. Tyler (2014). "Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa". Earth-Science Reviews. 128: 105–121. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.009.
- ^ Klein, Richard G. (June 1977). "The Mammalian Fauna from the Middle and Later Stone Age (Later Pleistocene) Levels of Border Cave, Natal Province, South Africa". The South African Archaeological Bulletin. 32 (125): 14–37. doi:10.2307/3887843. JSTOR 3887843.
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