Extinct genus of deer
Antlers of P. farnetensis
Pseudodama is an extinct genus of deer found in Europe during the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene.[ 1] It has been suggested by some authors to be ancestral to Dama [ 2] , with some authors choosing to subsume its species into that genus.[ 3]
References
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