Hemitragus

Hemitragus
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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, Hemitragus bonali and Hemitragus cedrensis.

The Arabian tahr and Nilgiri tahr were once included in Hemitragus but have since been assigned to their own genera, Arabitragus and Nilgiritragus.

References

  1. ↑ "Hemitragus cedrensis". Fossilworks. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  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. Bibcode:2008CRPal...7..391R. 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. Bibcode:2005MolPE..36..154R. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.01.002. PMID 15904863.