- result, Micromeryx, Hispanomeryx, and
Moschus are the only
undisputed moschid members,
making them
known from at
least 18 Ma. The
group was abundant...
-
those of the
extant Cephalophus but more primitive. Like in the
present moschids, the
males of
these animals were
equipped with long
upper canines, protruding...
-
infraorder Pecora,
making them
distant relatives of deer, bovids, and
moschids. The
pronghorn is the
fastest land
mammal in the Americas, with running...
-
scrub habitats in the
mountains of
South Asia,
notably the Himalayas.
Moschids, the
proper term when
referring to this type of deer
rather than one/multiple...
- palaeofaunas, however, had been
around since the
Middle Miocene,
including the
moschid Micromeryx (a musk deer), the
cervid Euprox, the suid Listriodon, and the...
- (tragulids)
Pecorans Pronghorn Giraffids:
giraffe and
okapi Musk deer (
moschids) Deer (cervids) Bovids: cattle, goats,
sheep and
antelope Pegasoferans:...
- five
extant species in two genera.
Members of the
Moschidae family are
moschids, or
colloquially musk deer.
Moschidae contains seven extant species in...
- Asia
exclusively during the Miocene,
coevolving with cervids, bovids,
moschids, and
tragulids there as part of a
dramatic radiation of
ruminants by the...
- n****
Gaillard Cut A
camelid Machaeromeryx cf. M. sp.
Gaillard Cut A
moschid Menoceras M.
barbouri Gaillard Cut
Teeth & limb
elements A
rhinoceros Merycoc****us...
-
belonging to
their own
unique family, but they are now
widely regarded as
moschids,
relatives of the
living musk deer.
Hispanomeryx would have
resembled modern...
