Mioeuoticus kichotoi Kunimatsu et al. 2017 (loris)

Mammalia - Primates - Lorisidae

Full reference: Y. Kunimatsu, H. Tsujikawa, M. Nakatsukasa, D. Shimizu, N. Ogihara, Y. Kikuchi, Y. Nakono, T. Takano, N. Morimoto and H. Ishida. 2017. A new species of Mioeuoticus (Lorisiformes, Primates) from the early Middle Miocene of Kenya. Anthropological Science 125(2):59-65

Belongs to Mioeuoticus according to Y. Kunimatsu et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Mioeuoticus bishopi, Mioeuoticus shipmani

Type specimen: (KNM-BG 48081, a maxilla (right maxilla with P4 –M3). Its type locality is Nachola Site BG-K, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Aka Aithputh Formation of Kenya.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Nachola Site BG-K

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