Tragoportax

Tragoportax; Temporal range: Miocene; ~
	Horns of Tragoportax amalthea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Bovinae
Tribe:	Boselaphini
Genus:	†Tragoportax; Pilgrim, 1937
Type species
	Tragoportax salmontanus; Pilgrim, 1937
Species
	T. acrae Gentry, 1974 ; ; T. amalthea Roth & Wagner, 1854; ; T. cyrenaicus Thomas, 1979; ; T. eldaricus Gabashvili, 1956; ; T. macedoniensis Bouvrain, 1988; ; ?T. maius Meladze, 1967; ; T. rugosifrons Schlosser, 1904; ; T. salmontanus Pilgrim, 1937; ; T. perses Orak et al., 2023; ;
Synonyms
	Tragocerus Gaudry, 1861 ; Pontoportax Kretzoi, 1941 ; Gazelloportax Kretzoi, 1941 ; Mirabilocerus Hadjiev, 1961 ; Tragoceridus Kretzoi, 1968 ; Mesembriportax Gentry, 1974 ; Mesotragocerus Korotkevich, 1982 ;

Tragoportax is an extinct genus of bovid ungulate. It lived during the upper Miocene (Vallesian–Turolian), and its fossils have been found in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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