Abstract
Myotragus balearicus Bate, 1909 (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) is an endemic fossil Caprinae that lived until human arrival in the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean Sea). Following the recent discovery of new deposits, some anatomical and ecological features of M balearicus were studied. Its diet, consisting mainly of Buxus balearica, a poisonous plant nowadays relictual in these islands, and its peculiar dentition, including a sole incisor in each dentary that has been identified as the second primary incisor tooth (d(2), are among the recent findings concerning this species. This paper updates studies made on M. balearicus since 1985.
