Moschidae

Moschidae
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Restoration of Micromeryx, a typical moschid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Moscidae
Gray, 1821

Moschidae is a family of pecoran even-toed ungulates, characterized by long 'saber teeth' instead of horns, antlers or ossicones, modest size (Moschus only reaches 37 pounds in weight, other taxa were even smaller) and a lack of facial glands. Moschus is the only extant genus.[1]

Taxonomy

After Prothero (2007)[2]

Family Moschidae

  • Hydropotopsis†
    • Hydropotopsis lemanensis
  • Hispanomeryx†
    • Hispanomeryx aragonensis
    • Hispanomeryx daamsi
    • Hispanomeryx duriensis
    • Hispanomeryx andrewsi
  • Oriomeryx†
    • Oriomeryx major
    • Oriomeryx willii
  • Friburgomeryx†
    • Friburgomeryx wallenriedensis
  • Bedenomeryx†
    • Bedenomeryx truyolsi
    • Bedenomeryx milloquensis
    • Bedenomeryx paulhiacensis
  • Subfamily Dremotheriinae†
    • Pomelomeryx
      • Pomelomeryx boulangeri
      • Pomelomeryx gracilis
    • Dremotherium
      • Dremotherium cetinensis
      • Dremotherium guthi
      • Dremotherium quercyi
      • Dremotherium feignouxi
  • Subfamily Blastomerycinae†
    • Pseudoblastomeryx
      • Pseudoblastomeryx advena
    • Machaeromeryx
      • Machaeromeryx tragulus
    • Longirostromeryx
      • Longirostromeryx clarendonensis
      • Longirostromeryx wellsi
    • Problastomeryx
      • Problastomeryx primus
    • Parablastomeryx
      • Parablastomeryx floridanus
      • Parablastomeryx gregorii
    • Blastomeryx
      • Blastomeryx gemmifer
  • Subfamily Moschinae

References

  1. ↑ University of Michigan Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web - Moschus (musk deer) Classification http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Moschus.html#Moschus
  2. ↑ Prothero, 2007 (p. 221-226)
  3. ↑ Manuela Aiglstorfer, Loïc Costeur, Bastien Mennecart, Elmar P. J. Heizmann: Micromeryx? eiselei — A new moschid species from Steinheim am Albuch, Germany, and the first comprehensive description of moschid cranial material from the Miocene of Central Europe, in: PLOS One vom 16. Oktober 2017, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185679
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