Paraphiomys pigotti Andrews 1914 (cane rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae

Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1914. Appendix II. On the Lower Miocene Vertebrates from British East Africa, collected by Dr. Felix Oswald. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 70(1-4):163-186

Belongs to Paraphiomys according to C. W. Andrews 1914

Sister taxa: Paraphiomys knolli, Paraphiomys orangeus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Karungu, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (5 collections), Uganda (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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