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Tragoportax was one of the earliest of the large antelopes. It lived from 11 to 7 million (or maybe as little as 2.5 million) years ago; fossils of the genus have been found in Africa, Europe and Asia. It was a Boselaphine, a group that today only includes two species, the Nilgai and the Chousingha or four-horned antelope. Tragoportax had bigger horns than those two. I'm basing my reconstruction on some nice horns found of the species cyrenaicus which inhabited North Africa. It could reach a bodyweight of 200 kg. Females had smaller horns than the males. There are signs they lived in herds and could graze as well as browse. I reconstruct it here with manes and fur fringes to make the male look more imposing - these features are widespread in the bovid famiy.

Description
Tragoportax was one of the earliest of the large antelopes. It lived from 11 to 7 million (or maybe as little as 2.5 million) years ago; fossils of the genus have been found in Africa, Europe and Asia. It was a Boselaphine, a group that today only includes two species, the Nilgai and the Chousingha or four-horned antelope. Tragoportax had bigger horns than those two. I'm basing my reconstruction on some nice horns found of the species cyrenaicus which inhabited North Africa. It could reach a bodyweight of 200 kg. Females had smaller horns than the males. There are signs they lived in herds and could graze as well as browse. I reconstruct it here with manes and fur fringes to make the male look more imposing - these features are widespread in the bovid famiy.