Dendrohyrax arboreus Smith 1827 (southern tree hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Procaviidae

Alternative combination: Hyrax arboreus

Belongs to Dendrohyrax according to J. Peters 1990

See also Dalquest 1968 and Rasmussen and GutiƩrrez 2010

Sister taxa: Dendrohyrax samueli, Procavia (Dendrohyrax) crawshayi

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Ishango - Z. Post-Em. (Quaternary of Congo-Kinshasa)

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