Новый представитель рода Procapreolus с территории Северного Причерноморья

Abstract

The article deals with a description of fossil roe of the Procapreolus genus - Pro- capreolus florovi sp. n. Comparatively numerous remnants of this roe that makes possible to trace age variability of horns are found in burials of the hiparion fauna near the village of Cherevichny of the Odessa region. This roe differs from more ancient represen- tatives of this genus in size and structure of horns, somewhat more progressive structure of the tooth system but is close to them by the degree of molarization of premolar teeth: they are more molar in young Pliocene representatives of the genus and especially in modern roes.