Tragulina

Tragulina Temporal range: Eocene–Holocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Greater Mouse-deer (Tragulus napu)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Clade:	Ruminantiamorpha
Suborder:	Ruminantia
Infraorder:	Tragulina Flower, 1883[1]
Families
see text

Tragulina is an infraorder of even-toed ungulates. Only the chevrotains survive to the present, including the genera Tragulus (the mouse deer) and Hyemoschus.

Taxonomy

Leptomeryx

The following is the taxonomy of the group Tragulina.^[2]

• TRAGULINA
  • Praetragulidae
    • Praetragulus
    • Parvitragulus
    • Simimeryx
  • Archaeomerycidae
    • Archaeomeryx
    • Miomeryx
  • Gelocidae
    • Phaneromeryx
    • Paragelocus
    • Paragelocus
    • Gelocus
    • Pseudogelocus
    • Prodremotherium
    • Cryptomeryx
    • Pseudoceras
    • Gobiomeryx
    • Rutitherium
    • Eumeryx
  • Hypertragulidae
    • Hypertragulus
    • Hypisodontinae
      • Hypisodus
  • Leptomerycidae
    • Hendryomeryx
    • Leptomeryx
    • Xinjiangmeryx
    • Pseudomeryx
    • Pseudoparablastomeryx
    • Pronodens
  • Lophiomerycidae
    • Zhailimeryx
    • Iberomeryx
    • Lophiomeryx
    • Nalameryx^[3]
    • Krabimeryx
    • undescrsibed
  • Tragulidae
    • Tragulus
    • Hyemoschus
    • Moschiola
  • Protoceratidae^[4]
    • Heteromeryx
    • Leptoreodon
    • Leptotragulus
    • Poabromylus
    • Toromeryx
    • Trigenicus
    • Paratoceras
    • Protoceras
    • Pseudoprotoceras
    • Kyptoceras
    • Lambdoceras
    • Prosynthetoceras
    • Synthetoceras
    • Syndyoceras

References

1. "The Paleobiology Database". Retrieved May 9, 2010.
2. "WikiLingue". Retrieved May 11, 2010.
3. Grégoire Métais, Jean-Loup Welcomme, and Stéphane Ducrocq (2009). "New Lophiomerycid Ruminants from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 231–241. doi:10.1671/039.029.0115.
4. "Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution". PLoS ONE. 4 (9): e7062. 2009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007062. PMC 2740860. PMID 19774069.