Myohyrax Andrews 1914 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Myohyracidae

Parent taxon: Myohyracinae according to P. M. Butler 1984

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Promyohyrax, Protypotheroides

Subtaxa: Myohyrax oswaldi

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections), Namibia (2), Uganda (1)

• Eocene of Namibia (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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