Hiwegicyon Butler 1984 (elephant shrew)

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

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hiwegicyon in the database

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