Eotragus
Temporal range: Early Miocene
Eotragus sansaniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Tribe: Boselaphini
Genus: †Eotragus
Pilgrim, 1939
Species
  • †E. sansaniensis
  • †E. cristatus
  • †E. halamagaiensis
  • †E. noyei
  • †E. artenensis
Horns

Eotragus is an extinct genus of early bovid. Species belonging to the genus inhabited Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene some 20-18 million years ago. It is related to the modern nilgai and four-horned antelope. It was small and probably lived in woodland environments.


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