†Hiwegicyon Butler 1984 (elephant shrew)
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Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae
Full reference: P. M. Butler. 1984. Macroscelidea, Insectivora and Chiroptera from the Miocene of East Africa. Palaeovertebrata 14(3):117-200
Parent taxon: Elephantulinae according to B. Senut and M. Pickford 2021
See also Butler 1984 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Elephantulus, Nasilio, Palaeothentoides
Subtaxa: Hiwegicyon juvenalis
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hiwegicyon in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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