細鼷鹿
細鼷鹿屬 | |
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L. evansi的重組圖。 | |
L. evansi的頭顱骨。 | |
科學分類 | |
界: | 動物界 Animalia |
門: | 脊索動物門 Chordata |
綱: | 哺乳綱 Mammalia |
目: | 偶蹄目 Artiodactyla |
科: | †美鹿科 Leptomerycidae |
屬: | †細鼷鹿屬 Leptomeryx Leidy, 1853 |
模式種 | |
†Leptomeryx evansi | |
種[1] | |
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細鼷鹿(學名Leptomeryx)是一屬已滅絕的反芻動物。牠們生存於始新世至漸新世的北美洲。
細鼷鹿的體型細小及幼長,外觀像鹿。估計牠們重約5.72-14.7公斤。[2]
參考
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Webb, S.D. Hornless ruminants. C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) (編). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1998: pp.463–476. ISBN 0-521-35519-2.
- ^ S. Legendre and C. Roth. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology. 1988, 1 (1): 85–98.
- After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past) by Donald R. Prothero