''Kipsigicerus'' is an extinct genus of

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antelope The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals ...

from the

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. Its closest living relative is the four-horned-antelope. It was discovered in

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and was originally described as a species of ''

Protragocerus ''Protragocerus'' is an extinct genus of antelope from the late Serravallian age (geology), Age (around 13 to 11 million years ago) of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch. Fossils of the genus have been found in France, India, and Saudi Arabia. It ...

''. The horn cores were distinct, being highly compressed with eaxh horn growing forward to one another. Because of the unique horn morphology, the genus ''Kipsigicerus'' was erected for this species.

Sources

* Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell

References

Prehistoric bovids Miocene even-toed ungulates Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera Miocene mammals of Africa {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub