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'''''Agalmaceros''''' is an [[extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of deer of the [[Deer|Cervidae]] family, that lived in [[South America]] during the [[Pleistocene]]. The [[type species]] is ''A. blicki''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Agalmaceros blicki''|url=http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=247647|website=Fossilworks.org|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> Remains have only been found in [[Ecuador]]. It showed a clear affinity to [[Andes|Andean]] or temperate [[habitat]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ochsenius|first=Claudio|date=1985|title=Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America|url=http://revistanortegrande.cl/archivos/12/04_12_1985.pdf|journal=Revista de Geografía Norte Grande|volume= 12|pages=35–47}}</ref> ''Agalmaceros blicki'' is estimated to have been {{convert|60|kg|lb}} in weight.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lyons|first=Kathleen|date=2004|title=Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents|url=http://biology.unm.edu/fasmith/Web_Page_PDFs/Lyons_et_al_2004_EER.pdf|journal=Evolutionary Ecology Research|volume=6|pages=339–358}}</ref> |
'''''Agalmaceros''''' is an [[extinction|extinct]] [[genus]] of deer of the [[Deer|Cervidae]] family, that lived in [[South America]] during the [[Pleistocene]]. The [[type species]] is ''A. blicki''.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Agalmaceros blicki''|url=http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=247647|website=Fossilworks.org|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> Remains have only been found in [[Ecuador]]. It showed a clear affinity to [[Andes|Andean]] or temperate [[habitat]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ochsenius|first=Claudio|date=1985|title=Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America|url=http://revistanortegrande.cl/archivos/12/04_12_1985.pdf|journal=Revista de Geografía Norte Grande|volume= 12|pages=35–47}}</ref> ''Agalmaceros blicki'' is estimated to have been {{convert|60|kg|lb}} in weight.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lyons|first=Kathleen|date=2004|title=Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents|url=http://biology.unm.edu/fasmith/Web_Page_PDFs/Lyons_et_al_2004_EER.pdf|journal=Evolutionary Ecology Research|volume=6|pages=339–358}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Infraorder: | Pecora |
| Family: | Cervidae |
| Subfamily: | Capreolinae |
| Genus: | †Agalmaceros Hoffstetter 1952 |
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Agalmaceros is an extinct genus of deer of the Cervidae family, that lived in South America during the Pleistocene. The type species is A. blicki.[1] Remains have only been found in Ecuador. It showed a clear affinity to Andean or temperate habitats.[2] Agalmaceros blicki is estimated to have been 60 kilograms (130 lb) in weight.[3]
References
- ^ "Agalmaceros blicki". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Ochsenius, Claudio (1985). "Pleniglacial Desertization, Large-AnimalMassExtinction and Pleistocene-Holocene Boundary in South America" (PDF). Revista de Geografía Norte Grande. 12: 35–47.
- ^ Lyons, Kathleen (2004). "Of mice, mastodons and men: human-mediated extinctions on four continents" (PDF). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 6: 339–358.
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