Eotragus

Eotragus is an extinct genus of early bovid. Species belonging to the genus inhabited Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene some 20-18 million years ago. It is related to the modern nilgai and four-horned antelope. It was small and probably lived in woodland environments.

Eotragus Temporal range: Early Miocene
Eotragus sansaniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Tribe:	Boselaphini
Genus:	†Eotragus Pilgrim, 1939
Species
†E. sansaniensis †E. cristatus †E. halamagaiensis †E. noyei †E. artenensis

Horns

Comparative scale between Eotragus and a domestic cat

Palaeoecology

E. lampangensis, based on carbon isotope studies, inhabited habitats intermediate between forest and grassland.^[1]