Hyemoschus Gray 1845

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tragulidae

Alternative spellings: Hyaemoschus, Hyomoschus

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1845. On the African Musk, Moschus aquaticus, Ogilby. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16:350

Parent taxon: Tragulidae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Geraads 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1904 and Stefani 1916

Sister taxa: Afrotragulus, Archaeotragulus, Cryptomeryx, Dorcabune, Dorcatherium, Hyomoschus, Iberomeryx, Krabimeryx, Moschiola, Siamotragulus, Stenomeryx, Tragulus, Yunnanotherium

Subtaxa: Hyemoschus aquaticus

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Distribution: found only at Quinta do Farinheira (Miocene to Miocene of Portugal)

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