Hypertragulus

{{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

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| taxon = Hypertragulus

| authority = Cope, 1874

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| range_map = Hypertragulus range.png

| range_map_caption = Range of Hypertragulus based on fossil record

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Hypertragulus is an extinct genus of 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}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42591 PaleoBiology Database: Hypertragulus]

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