Eotragus

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Eotragus
Fossil range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
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

Eotragus is an early bovid from Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene. It is related to the modern Nilgai and Four-horned Antelope. It was small and probably lived in woodland environments.

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