Microchoerus Wood 1844 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Parent taxon: Microchoerinae according to R. Minwer-Barakat et al. 2016

See also Gunnell and Rose 2002, Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schlosser 1877 and Simpson 1940

Sister taxa: Melaneremia, Nannopithex, Necrolemur, Paraloris, Pseudoloris, Vectipithex

Subtaxa: Microchoerus creechbarrowensis Microchoerus erinaceus Microchoerus hookeri Microchoerus ornatus Microchoerus wardi

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Spain (1 collection)

• Eocene of France (11), Spain (3), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences

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