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Concept art for an RPG based on my own Dracoverse...

Xenocervids (aka Antelope Deer)
While Muntjacs and smaller deer actually do exist in the Dracoverse, most of the Pecora infraorder doesn't. The Dracoverse doesn't have giraffes, cattle, goats, antelopes or sheep; instead, it is home to a large group called 'Xenocervidae'.
Xenocervids consist of:

-Suicervinae (Pigdeer): Small, muntjac-like nocturnal herbivores that live in Southeastern Asia and Papua New Guinea. Due to competition with more specialized marsupials (Pigdeer arrived from mainland Asia at the end of the Ice Age via vegetation rafts), Pigdeer had remained small, becoming nocturnal creatures to avoid competition with diurnal marsupials such as kangaroos, and the large, flightless birds that inhabit the island.
-Hippomorpha (Horselopes): Larger, non-horned and horse-like inhabitants of the Indian Subcontinent.
-Taurocephalians (Bull Antelopes): an almost extinct group of heavyset herbivores that live throughout Eurasia, resembling mixes of auroch, wildebeests and buffaloes. Taurocephalians live in colder areas, places where most of the dinosaurian fauna of Europe and Asia (Rodeleros, Pachycephalosaurs) is simply absent due to the regions being colder and snowy (Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Siberia).
-Shadhavarinae (Shadhavars, Indian Unicorns): Antelope-like inhabitants of the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East. Most forms are similar in build to pronghorns, while the Ackbar's Shadhavar is a large creature that resemble a giant Eland, albeit with a single horn, giving it a bizarre appearance.
-Unicorninae (European Unicorns): This world's equivalent of Impalas and Gazelles. Present all over Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Unicorns have remained small, largest species being the size of a donkey (the Great British Unicorn).
-Uralocaprinae (Rock Climbers): Goat-like inhabitants of the Urals. Commonly killed by large predators such as Wyverns and dire wolves.

All this info was originally posted in my topic "Biology of a Fantasy Earth" found in the Speculative Evolution forums (go there, i uploaded info on my pterosaurs).

Description
Concept art for an RPG based on my own Dracoverse...

Xenocervids (aka Antelope Deer)
While Muntjacs and smaller deer actually do exist in the Dracoverse, most of the Pecora infraorder doesn't. The Dracoverse doesn't have giraffes, cattle, goats, antelopes or sheep; instead, it is home to a large group called 'Xenocervidae'.
Xenocervids consist of:

-Suicervinae (Pigdeer): Small, muntjac-like nocturnal herbivores that live in Southeastern Asia and Papua New Guinea. Due to competition with more specialized marsupials (Pigdeer arrived from mainland Asia at the end of the Ice Age via vegetation rafts), Pigdeer had remained small, becoming nocturnal creatures to avoid competition with diurnal marsupials such as kangaroos, and the large, flightless birds that inhabit the island.
-Hippomorpha (Horselopes): Larger, non-horned and horse-like inhabitants of the Indian Subcontinent.
-Taurocephalians (Bull Antelopes): an almost extinct group of heavyset herbivores that live throughout Eurasia, resembling mixes of auroch, wildebeests and buffaloes. Taurocephalians live in colder areas, places where most of the dinosaurian fauna of Europe and Asia (Rodeleros, Pachycephalosaurs) is simply absent due to the regions being colder and snowy (Northern Europe, Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Siberia).
-Shadhavarinae (Shadhavars, Indian Unicorns): Antelope-like inhabitants of the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East. Most forms are similar in build to pronghorns, while the Ackbar's Shadhavar is a large creature that resemble a giant Eland, albeit with a single horn, giving it a bizarre appearance.
-Unicorninae (European Unicorns): This world's equivalent of Impalas and Gazelles. Present all over Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Unicorns have remained small, largest species being the size of a donkey (the Great British Unicorn).
-Uralocaprinae (Rock Climbers): Goat-like inhabitants of the Urals. Commonly killed by large predators such as Wyverns and dire wolves.

All this info was originally posted in my topic "Biology of a Fantasy Earth" found in the Speculative Evolution forums (go there, i uploaded info on my pterosaurs).