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It was a small to middle-sized antelope, with body mass estimates ranging from 32kg to 84kg, with an average value of 54kg.<ref name=":0" /> Both sexes had horns, wich were subtriangular at base and ranged from 6cm to 9cm in lenght.<ref name=":1" /> |
It was a small to middle-sized antelope, with body mass estimates ranging from 32kg to 84kg, with an average value of 54kg.<ref name=":0" /> Both sexes had horns, wich were subtriangular at base and ranged from 6cm to 9cm in lenght.<ref name=":1" /> |
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''Dubios santeng'' was an forest dwelling animal that preferred forest with a close canopy. Examination of this species tooth have shown that it was a browser, primarily feeding on leaves and occasionaly on harder vegetation. The habitat ranged from moderately to very humid forests.<ref name=":0" /> |
''Dubios santeng'' was an forest dwelling animal that preferred forest with a close canopy. Examination of this species tooth have shown that it was a browser, primarily feeding on leaves and occasionaly on harder vegetation. The habitat ranged from moderately to very humid forests.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Dubois santeng is an extinct antelope-like bovid that was endemic to Indonesia during the Pleistocene. It went extinct during the Ionian stage of the Pleistocene, about 750.000 years ago. Dubois santeng was first described by the Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist Eugène Dubois in 1891.[1][2]
The species is most closely related to the modern Nilgai-antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) and the Four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis). Antilope modjokertensis is a junior synonym for Duboisia santeng.[3][4]
Description
It was a small to middle-sized antelope, with body mass estimates ranging from 32kg to 84kg, with an average value of 54kg.[2] Both sexes had horns, wich were subtriangular at base and ranged from 6cm to 9cm in lenght.[4]
Behaviour and habitat
Dubios santeng was an forest dwelling animal that preferred forest with a close canopy. Examination of this species tooth have shown that it was a browser, primarily feeding on leaves and occasionaly on harder vegetation. The habitat ranged from moderately to very humid forests.[2]
Dubios santeng is part of the Trinil Fauna of Java. It shared its habitat with Bos palaesondaicus, the Indian muntjak (Muntiacus muntjak), Bubalus palaeokerabau and Stegodon trigonocephalus. Predators of the Trinil Fauna were the Trinil tiger (Panthera tigris trinilensis) or the canid species Mececyon trinilensis, wich could have preyed upon Dubios santeng.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b Christine Hertler/ Yan Rizal (2005): Excursion guide to the Pleistocene Hominid sites in Central and East Java, JW Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany/ ITB, Bandung, Indonesia
- ^ a b c Rozzi, Roberto (2013). "The enigmatic bovid Duboisia santeng (Dubois, 1891) from the Early–Middle Pleistocene of Java: A multiproxy approach to its paleoecology". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol. 377: 73–85.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ Aziz, Fachroel (1992). "Early Dispersal of Man on Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago: Facts and Controls". Anthropological Sciences. Vol. 103 (4): 349–368.
{{cite journal}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ a b Fossil Bovidae from the Malay archipelago and the Punjab by Dr. D. A. Hooijer, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden
- ^ Louys, Julien (2007). "Characteristics of Pleistocene megafauna extinctions in Southeast Asia" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. Vol. 243: 152–173.
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