Heteromeryx

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Heteromeryx

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Eocene}}

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| taxon = Heteromeryx

| authority = Matthew 1905

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Heteromeryx dispar

}}

Heteromeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene 37.2—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|37-34|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42573 Heteromeryx at fossilworks] They resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.

Its name comes from hetero (ἕτερος) "different' and meryx "ruminant".