Pliohyrax Osborn 1899 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Parent taxon: Pliohyracidae according to N. P. Kalmykov 2013

See also Carroll 1988 and Prothero and Schoch 1989

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Afghanistan (1 collection), France (1), Greece (1), Turkey (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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