Megalohyrax Andrews 1903 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Synonym: Mixohyrax Schlosser 1910

Parent taxon: Pliohyracidae according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988

See also Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, Matsumoto 1926, Prothero and Schoch 1989, Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010 and Sudre 1979

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

Subtaxa: Megalohyrax eocaenus Megalohyrax gevini Megalohyrax major Megalohyrax minor Mixohyrax niloticus Mixohyrax suillus

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Egypt (4), Ethiopia (1), Saudi Arabia (1)

• Eocene of Algeria (2)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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