†Meroehyrax Whitworth 1954 (hyrax)
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Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
Parent taxon: Pliohyracidae according to D. T. Rasmussen and M. Gutiérrez 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Pickford 2004, Pickford 2005, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
Sister taxa: Geniohyinae, Hengduanshanhyrax, Kvabebihyrax, Megalohyrax, Pachyhyrax, Parapliohyrax, Pliohyracinae, Pliohyrax, Postschizotherium, Saghatheriinae, Selenohyrax, Sogdohyrax
Subtaxa: Meroehyrax bateae Meroehyrax kyongoi
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection), Uganda (1)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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