Pliohyrax
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pliohyrax, is a genus of hyracoids (the cavy-like group of animals most closely related to elephants and manatees). It grew to sizes greatly exceeding those of any living hyrax, though it was by no means the largest member of this family.
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Pliohyrax graecus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Hyracoidea |
Family: | †Pliohyracidae |
Subfamily: | †Pliohyracinae |
Genus: | †Pliohyrax Osborn, 1899 |
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Fossils of this Miocene-Pliocene, scansorial herbivore have been found in Afghanistan, France, and Turkey.[4] In Spain, Pliohyrax graecus is among the large mammals species found in the Almenara site, deposited during the Messinian salinity crisis, together with Macaca sp., Bovidae indet., cf. Nyctereutes sp., and Felidae indet.[5]