Capreolini
Sign in to saveCapreolini is a tribe of deer, containing two extant genera and one extinct genus. There are currently three extant species: the water deer, which is the only member of the genus Hydropotes, and European and Siberian roe deer, who comprise the genus Capreolus.
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Capreolini is a tribe of deer, containing two extant genera and one extinct genus. There are currently three extant species: the water deer, which is the only member of the genus Hydropotes, and European and Siberian roe deer, who comprise the genus Capreolus.
==Genera== Extant genera Capreolus Hydropotes Extinct genera †Procapreolus- Found during the Miocene/Pliocene boundary.
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