Parapliohyrax Lavocat 1961 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Alternative spelling: Paraliohyrax

Parent taxon: Pliohyracidae according to N. P. Kalmykov 2013

See also Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010

Sister taxa: Geniohyinae, Hengduanshanhyrax, Kvabebihyrax, Megalohyrax, Meroehyrax, Pachyhyrax, Pliohyracinae, Pliohyrax, Postschizotherium, Saghatheriinae, Selenohyrax, Sogdohyrax

Subtaxa: Parapliohyrax mirabilis Parapliohyrax ngororaensis

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at BPRP K038 (Miocene of Kenya)

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