Heterohyrax brucei Gray 1868 (rock hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae
Alternative combinations: Hyrax brucei, Procavia brucei
Synonyms: Dendrohyrax (Heterohyrax) blainvillii Gray 1868, Procavia pumila Thomas 1901
Belongs to Heterohyrax according to R. E. Barry and J. Shoshani 2000
See also Lönnberg 1912, Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010 and Rasmussen et al. 1996
Sister taxon: Heterohyrax auricampensis
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection), Tanzania (1), Zambia (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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