Prohyrax Stromer 1926 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Parent taxon: Procaviidae according to D. T. Rasmussen et al. 1996

See also Carroll 1988, Kalmykov 2013, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010

Sister taxa: Dendrohyrax, Gigantohyrax, Heterohyrax, Procavia, Hyracina

Subtaxa: Prohyrax hendeyi Prohyrax tertiarius

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Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Greece (1 collection), Kenya (1), Namibia (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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