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Palaeotragus ("ancient goat") is a genus of very large, primitive, okapi-like giraffidae from the Miocene to Early Pleistocene of Africa and Eurasia.
Palaeotragus primaevus is the older species, being found in early to mid-Miocene strata, while P. germaini is found in Late Miocene strata. P. primaevus is distinguished from P. germaini by the lack of . It was also the smaller species, being a little under at the shoulders. P. germaini had a pair of ossicones, and in life, it would have resembled either a short-necked, tall giraffe, or a gargantuan okapi.
Palaeotragus inexspectatus from the Early Pleistocene of Greece represents the youngest giraffid in Europe.
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