Titanohyrax andrewsi Matsumoto 1922 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Titanohyracidae

Belongs to Titanohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988

See also Court and Hartenberger 1992, Matsumoto 1926, Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010, Rasmussen and Simons 2000 and Sudre 1979

Sister taxa: Titanohyrax angustidens, Titanohyrax mongereaui, Titanohyrax palaeotherioides, Titanohyrax schlosseri, Titanohyrax tantulus, Titanohyrax ultimus

Type specimen: CGM 8822-3, a mandible (partial mandible with left i1–i2, p3–m2, and right p3–m3)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at NNW of Birket Qarun (Oligocene of Egypt)

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