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]
| Hemitragus Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
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| Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Hemitragus (Hodgson, 1841) |
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Hemitragus jemlahicus | |
The Arabian tahr and Nilgiri tahr were once included in Hemitragus but have since been assigned to their own genera.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Hemitragus cedrensis". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2008CRPal...7..391R. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.003.
- ^ Ropiquet, Anne; Hassanin, Alexandre (2005). "Molecular evidence for the polyphyly of the genus Hemitragus (Mammalia, Bovidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (1): 154–168. Bibcode:2005MolPE..36..154R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.01.002. PMID 15904863.