Geniohyus gigas Matsumoto 1926 (hyrax)

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1926. Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil Hyracoidea of the Fayum, Egypt, with description of several new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 56:253-350

Belongs to Geniohyus according to H. Matsumoto 1926

Sister taxa: Geniohyus diphycus, Geniohyus magnus, Geniohyus micrognathus, Geniohyus mirus, Geniohyus subgigas

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Geniohyus gigas in the database

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