Poehpagus mutus baikalensis (Verestchagin, 1954)

Baikal yak

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Poёphagus baikalensis Verestchagin, 1954 (protonym)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Russia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Verestchagin, N. K. (1954). Baikal yak (Poёphagus baikalensis n. ver., sp. nova, Mammalia) from the Pleistocene fauna of Eastern Siberia. Doklady Akademii nauk SSSR, 99(3): 455-459. [In Russian].

Other references:

Vasiliev, S. K. (2021). Remains of the Baikal yak (Poehpagus mutus baikalensis N. Verestchagin, 1954) from Late Pleistocene localities of Southern Siberia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 325(4): 384-408. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2021.325.4.384

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