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Capreolini

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.

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Capreolini
Capreolus capreolus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Cervidae
Subfamily: Capreolinae
Tribe: Capreolini
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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.

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References

  1. Di Stefano, G., Petronio, C., 2002. Systematics and evolution of the Eurasian Plio-Pleistocene tribe Cervini (Artiodactyla, Mammalia). Geol. Romana. 36, 311–334.