Nanotragulus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Eocene|Early Miocene}}

| image = Nanotragulus FLMNH.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil jaw and foot, Florida Museum of Natural History

| taxon = Nanotragulus

| authority = Lull 1922

| range_map = Nanotragulus range.png

| range_map_caption = Range of Nanotragulus based on fossil record

}}

Nanotragulus is an extinct genus of hypertragulid ruminant found in North America. It lived from the Middle Eocene to the Early Miocene, living 46.2–20.4 Ma, existing for approximately {{Mya|46-20|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42594 PaleoBiology Database: Nanotragulus, basic info] Fossils have been found from Oregon and Montana to Florida.

Nanotragulus was a primitive and ancient ruminant, resembling small deer or musk deer, although more closely related to the modern chevrotain. Its diet is stated{{by whom|date=August 2012}} to be that of a frugivore.