Capreolus tokunagai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Cervidae
Subfamilia: Capreolinae
Genus: Capreolus
Species: †Capreolus tokunagai

Name

Capreolus tokunagai Otuka, 1941: 46

Type locality: Tanabaru cave, Misumi ridge, c. 3 km east of Hirara, Miyako Island, Ryūkyū Islands, Japan.

Synonyms

• Capreolus miyakoensis Hasegawa et al., 1973 [syn. Alcover et al., 1998: 10]

Eponyms: "Prof. S. Tokunaga, who was the first to study the fossil mammals from the Miyako islands" [Otuka, 1941: 46]

References

Primary references

• Otuka, Y. 1941. On the stratigraphic horizon of Elephas from Miyako Is., Ryūkyū Islands, Japan. Proceedings of the Imperial Academy 17(2): 43–47. DOI: 10.2183/pjab1912.17.43 Reference page. 
• Hasegawa, Y., Ōtsuka, H. & Nohara, T. 1973. 古島の古脊椎勤物について(琉球列島の古脊椎動物相そのl) [On the prehistoric vertebrates of Miyako-jima. (Prehistoric vertebrates of the Ryūkyū Islands I.)]. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 6: 53–58. Reference page. 
• Alcover, J.A., Campillo, X., Macias, M. & Sans, A. 1998. Mammal species of the world: additional data on insular mammals. American Museum Novitates 3248: 1–29. hdl: 2246/3233 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Miyako Roe Deer
日本語: ミヤコノロ