Bunohyrax matsumatoi Tabuce et al. 2000 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Full reference: R. Tabuce, B. Coiffait, M. Mahboubi and J.-J. Jaeger. 2000. A new species of Bunohyrax (Hyracoidea, Mammalia) from the Eocene of Bir El Ater (Algeria). Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 331:61-66

Belongs to Bunohyrax according to R. Tabuce et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Bunohyrax affinis, Bunohyrax fajumensis, Bunohyrax major, Bunohyrax matusmotoi

Type specimen: UO 84-372, a tooth (right M3)

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bunohyrax matsumatoi in the database

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