Hemitragus fossil map
Where fossils of Hemitragus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 5.333–0.0117 million years ago (Zanclean to Late Pleistocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Bovidae |
| Named by | Hodgson 1841 |
| Fossil records | 72 occurrences at 17 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Spain, France, Greece, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria |
| Rock formations | txn:42742, Platanochori, Baza, Gerakarou |
About Hemitragus
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.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hemitragus (revision 1372723876), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q1577386.
