Hyemoschus Gray 1845 (chevrotain)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Alternative spelling: Hyaemoschus
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 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Afrotragulus, Archaeotragulus, Cryptomeryx, Dorcabune, Dorcatherium, Hyomoschus, Iberomeryx, Krabimeryx, Siamotragulus, Stenomeryx, Tragulus, Yunnanotherium
Subtaxa: Hyemoschus aquaticus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution: found only at Quinta do Farinheira (Miocene to Miocene of Portugal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.