Hemitragus
Genus of mammals
title: "Hemitragus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mammal-genera", "mammal-genera-with-one-living-species", "taxa-named-by-brian-houghton-hodgson", "caprids"] description: "Genus of mammals" topic_path: "general/mammal-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemitragus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of mammals ::
| fossil_range = Pleistocene - Recent | image = Hemitragus jemlahicus Jharal.jpg | image_caption = Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) | taxon = Hemitragus | authority = (Hodgson, 1841) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Hemitragus jemlahicus
†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.
The Arabian tahr and Nilgiri tahr were once included in Hemitragus but have since been assigned to their own genera.
References
References
- "Hemitragus cedrensis".
- (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.
- (2005). "Molecular evidence for the polyphyly of the genus ''Hemitragus'' (Mammalia, Bovidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
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