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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = ''Hypertragulus''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Eocene|Middle Miocene}}
| image = Hypertragulus AMNH.jpg
| image_caption = 
| taxon = Hypertragulus
| authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1874
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| range_map = Hypertragulus range.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Hypertragulus'' based on fossil record
}}

'''''Hypertragulus''''' is an extinct genus of [[Hypertragulidae|hypertragulid]] ruminant endemic to [[North America]]. It lived from the Late [[Eocene]] to the Middle [[Miocene]], living {{Ma|37.2|16.0}}, existing for approximately {{Mya|37.2-16|million years}}.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42591 PaleoBiology Database: ''Hypertragulus'']</ref>

''Hypertragulus'' were primitive and ancient [[ruminant]]s, resembling small [[deer]] or [[musk deer]], although they were more closely related to modern [[chevrotain]]s. Its diet is stated{{by whom|date=April 2019}} to be that of a [[frugivore]].

==Species==
*''H. calcaratus'' 
*''H. chadronensis''
*''H. crawfordensis''
*''H. dakotensis''
*''H. heikeni''
*''H. hesperius''
*''H. minor''
*''H. minutus''
*''H. planiceps''
*''H. quadratus''
*''H. sequens''

==Fossil distribution==
A partial list of fossil sites:
*[[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua, Mexico]]
*[[Cedar Creek Formation]] (Lower & Middle), [[Logan County, Colorado]]
*[[Fort Logan Formation]], [[Meagher County, Montana]]
*[[Upper Pomerado Conglomerate Formation]], [[San Diego County, California]]
*[[Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation]], [[Grant County, Oregon]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hypertragulidae]]
[[Category:Eocene Artiodactyla]]
[[Category:Miocene Artiodactyla]]
[[Category:Aquitanian genus extinctions]]
[[Category:Oligocene mammals of North America]]
[[Category:White River Fauna]]
[[Category:Eocene genus first appearances]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope]]

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