†Thyrohyrax pygmaeus Matsumoto 1921 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Alternative combinations: Megalohyrax pygmaeus, Pachyhyrax pygmaeus
Belongs to Thyrohyrax according to D. T. Rasmussen and E. L. Simons 1988
See also Matsumoto 1926, Meyer 1978 and Rasmussen and Gutiérrez 2010
Sister taxa: Thyrohyrax domorictus, Thyrohyrax kenyaensis, Thyrohyrax libycus, Thyrohyrax litholagus, Thyrohyrax meyeri, Thyrohyrax microdon
Type specimen: AMNH 14454, a skull (anterior part of a skull and associated right mandible)
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry A-1 (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)
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