Pholidocercus von Koenigswald and Storch 1983 (elephant shrew)

Mammalia - Macroscelidea - Amphilemuridae

Parent taxon: Amphilemuridae according to M. J. Novacek et al. 1985

See also Carroll 1988 and Hooker 1986

Sister taxa: Alsaticopithecus, Amphilemur, Amphilemurinae, Gesneropithex, Hylomysoidinae, Macrocranion, Neomatronella, Zionodon, Ankylodon

Subtaxa: Pholidocercus hassiacus

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pholidocercus in the database

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