Microchoerus ornatus Stehlin 1916 (tarsier)

Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

Belongs to Microchoerus according to Stehlin 1916

See also Hooker 1986

Sister taxa: Microchoerus creechbarrowensis, Microchoerus erinaceus, Microchoerus hookeri, Microchoerus wardi

Type specimen: Mt.132, a maxilla (Right maxilla with P2-M3). Its type locality is Mormont Entreroches, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mormont Entreroches

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