Procapra

{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Procapra_gutturosa_-_Bertuch.jpg

| image_caption = Mongolian gazelle
Procapra gutturosa

| taxon = Procapra

| authority = Hodgson, 1846Groves, C. P. (1967) On the gazelles of the genus Procapra Hodgson, 1846. Z. Saugetierk. Accessed on 2008-05-31 [http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Procapra.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727173257/http://arts.anu.edu.au/grovco/Procapra.pdf |date=2008-07-27 }}

| type_species = Procapra picticaudata

| type_species_authority = Hodgson, 1846

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

P. gutturosa

P. picticaudata

P. przewalskii

}}

Procapra is a genus of Asian gazelles,Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed May 31, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org including three living species:

• Mongolian gazelle P. gutturosa
• Tibetan gazelle P. picticaudata
• Przewalski's gazelle P. przewalskii

The oldest fossils belonging to the genus Procapra date from the late Pliocene or early Pleistocene of central Asia, when the climate was wetter and milder than now. The genus apparently evolved from animals similar to the Pliocene gazelle Gazella sinensis,{{cite journal | author = Leslie, D.M. Jr. | year = 2010 | title = Procapra picticaudata (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) | journal = Mammalian Species | volume = 42 | issue = 1 | pages = 138–148 | doi=10.1644/861.1| doi-access = free }} and is known to have been hunted by early Neolithic humans at Lake Qinghai in China.{{cite journal | author = Rhode, D.| year = 2006 | title = Epipaleolithic/early Neolithic settlements at Qinghai Lake, western China | journal = Journal of Archaeological Science | volume = 34 | issue = 4 | pages = 600–612 | doi=10.1016/j.jas.2006.06.016|display-authors=etal}}