Beatragus

Beatragus; Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
	Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Ruminantia
Infraorder:	Pecora
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	; Heller, 1912
Type species
	Beatragus hunteri; Sclater, 1889
Species
	Beatragus hunteri – hirola; †Beatragus antiquus – ancient hirola; †Beatragus vrbae; †Beatragus whitei;

Beatragus is a genus of alcelaphine antelope. The hirola (Beatragus hunteri) is the only living representative, but a couple of extinct species are known, all from Africa.^[2]

The hirola and the larger Beatragus antiquus may together represent different phases of a chronospecies; the living hirola probably declined in size as a result of an ecologically impoverished landscape.^[3]

References

^ "Beatragus". Biolib.
^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 782. ISBN 9780520257214.
^ Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). Mammals of Africa: Volume VI Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 490. ISBN 9781408189955.

External links

[1] "Beatragus". Biolib.

[2] Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 782. ISBN 9780520257214.

[3] Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). Mammals of Africa: Volume VI Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 490. ISBN 9781408189955.

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