Hemitragus
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Hemitragus
(Hodgson, 1841)
Species

Hemitragus jemlahicus
†Hemitragus bonali
†Hemitragus cedrensis

Hemitragus is a genus of bovids that currently contains a single living species, the Himalayan tahr. Two extinct species are also known from the Pleistocene.[1][2]

The Arabian tahr and Nilgiri tahr were once included in Hemitragus but have since been assigned to their own genera.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Hemitragus cedrensis". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Rivals, F.; Blasco, R. (2008). "Presence of Hemitragus aff. cedrensis (Mammalia, Bovidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: Biochronological and biogeographical implications of its discovery at Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 7 (6): 391–399. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.003.
  3. ^ Ropiquet, Anne; Hassanin, Alexandre (2005). "Molecular evidence for the polyphyly of the genus Hemitragus (Mammalia, Bovidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (1): 154–168. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.01.002. PMID 15904863.
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