Euceratherium

The shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) is an extinct genus and species of ovibovine caprine native to North America along with Bootherium (Bootherium bombifrons) and Soergel's ox (Soergelia mayfieldi).
==Descriptions==
 
 
Euceratherium was one of the first bovids to enter North America. It appeared on the continent during the early Pleistocene, long before the first bison arrived from Eurasia. It became extinct about 11,500 years ago. It was formally described in 1904.Furlong, E. L. & Sinclair, W. J. (1904). Preliminary description of Euceratherium collinum. University of California Publications, American Archaeology and Ethnology, 2:18. It is possibly synonymous with Bootherium, although this is uncertain.
Late Pleistocene shrub-ox remains are known from fossil finds spanning from northern California to central Mexico. In the East they were distributed at least into Illinois.
Euceratherium was massively built and in size between a modern American bison and a musk ox. A specimen was estimated to have a body mass of .|Paleobiology Database- Euceratherium collinum On the basis of preserved dung pellets, it has been established that they were browsers with a diet of trees and shrubs.
They seem to have preferred hilly landscapes.
==References==
==Further reading==
* P. S. Martin: Quaternary Extinctions. The University of Arizona Press, 1984 
* Grundzüge der Faunen- und Verbreitungsgeschichte der Säugetiere, E. Thenius, 2.Auflage, Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, 1980 
== External links ==
* Image of Euceratherium
Category:Prehistoric bovids
Category:Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
Category:Pleistocene mammals of North America
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1904
Category:Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera