The Early Miocene fluvio-paludal deposits of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia, have yielded a varied artiodactyl assemblage comprising anthracotheres, suids, sanitheres, pecorans and traguloids. Prior to the activities of the Namibia Palaeontology Expedition, a single species of tragulid was reported from the area on the basis of an extremely limited sample in a generally poor state of preservation. The new collections contain a dozen fossils attributable to three species of tragulid, all of small dimensions. Similar species occur in the Early Miocene deposits of East Africa where they are associated with well wooded to forested palaeoenvironments, and it is possible that patches of dense woodland or forest may have existed in the Sperrgebiet during the period of deposition 20-19 million years ago.