Afrotragulus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Early Miocene}}

| image = Afrotragulus parvus.jpg

| image_caption = A. moruorotensis mandible

| taxon = Afrotragulus

| authority = Sánchez et al., 2010

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *A. akhtari Sanchez et al. 2022

• A. megalomilos Sanchez et al. 2022
• A. moralesi Sanchez et al. 2022
• A. moruorotensis Pickford et al., 2001 (type)
• A. parvus Withworth et al., 1958

| synonyms = Dorcatherium moruorotensis

Dorcatherium parvus

}}

File:Afrotragulus moruorotensis.jpg

Afrotragulus is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Kenya and Pakistan during the early Miocene period.{{Cite journal|author1=Israel M. Sánchez |author2=Victoria Quiralte |author3=Jorge Morales |author4=Martin Pickford |year=2010|title=A new genus of tragulid ruminant from the early Miocene of Kenya|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|volume=55|issue=2|pages=177–187|url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20090087.pdf | doi = 10.4202/app.2009.0087|doi-access=free}} It contains the species Afrotragulus moruorotensis and Afrotragulus parvus, formerly classified in genus Dorcatherium, as well as A. akhtari, A. megalomilos, and A. moralesi.{{Cite journal |last1=Sánchez |first1=Israel M. |last2=Abbas |first2=Sayyed Ghyour |last3=Khan |first3=Muhammad Akbar |last4=Babar |first4=Muhammad Adeeb |last5=Quiralte |first5=Victoria |last6=DeMiguel |first6=Daniel |date=2022-08-03 |title=The first Asian record of the mouse-deer Afrotragulus (Ruminantia, Tragulidae) reassess its evolutionary history and offers insights on the influence of body size on Afrotragulus diversification |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719 |journal=Historical Biology |volume=34 |issue=8 |pages=1544–1559 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2022.2050719 |bibcode=2022HBio...34.1544S |s2cid=250533795 |issn=0891-2963|url-access=subscription }}