Damalops
Extinct genus of mammals
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Damalops is an extinct genus of alcelaphine antelope. It lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in southern Asia, where the species Damalops palaeindicus is known from the Siwaliks in the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent.[1]
| Damalops Temporal range: Pliocene – Pleistocene | |
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| Damalops palaeindicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | †Damalops Pilgrim, 1939 |
| Species: | †D. palaeindicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Damalops palaeindicus Pilgrim, 1939 | |
Description
Damalops was a large sized alcelaphine, with an adult weight weighing between 125–342 kilograms (276–754 lb).[2]
