Kipsigicerus Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Skull of Kipsigicerus lobidotus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Genus:	†Kipsigicerus Thomas, 1984
Species:	†K. labidotus
Binomial name
†Kipsigicerus labidotus Gentry, 1970
Synonyms^[1]
Protragocerus lobidotus

Kipsigicerus is an extinct genus of East African antelope from the Middle Miocene.^[2] Its closest living relative is the four-horned-antelope.

It was discovered in Fort Ternan, Kenya and was originally described as a species of Protragocerus. The horn cores were distinct, being highly compressed with eaxh horn growing forward to one another. Because of the unique horn morphology, the genus Kipsigicerus was erected for this species.^[3]

Sources

Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell

References

^ "Kipsigicerus". Biolib.
^ Tsujikawa, Hiroshi (December 2005). "The updated late miocene large mammal fauna from Samburu hills, northern kenya" (PDF). African Study Monographs, Supplement. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
^ Bubenik, Anthony B. (2012). Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers: Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance. Springer New York. p. 202. ISBN 9781461389668.