†Megalohyrax eocaenus Andrews 1903 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Belongs to Megalohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Andrews 1906, Matsumoto 1926, Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010, Sudre 1979 and Thewissen and Simons 2001
Sister taxa: Megalohyrax gevini, Megalohyrax major, Megalohyrax minor, Mixohyrax niloticus, Mixohyrax suillus
Type specimen: BMNH, a maxilla
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (4 collections), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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