Leptomeryx
| Leptomeryx | |
|---|---|
| Skeleton, Paleontology Museum of Zurich | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Leptomerycidae |
| Subfamily: | †Leptomerycinae |
| Genus: | †Leptomeryx Leidy, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| †Leptomeryx evansi | |
| Species | |
| |
Leptomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant of the family Leptomerycidae, endemic to North America during the Eocene through Oligocene 38–24.8 Mya, existing for approximately 13.2 million years. It was a small deer-like ruminant with somewhat slender body.