Pliohyrax

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.

Pliohyrax Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pliohyrax graecus
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyracoidea
Family:	†Pliohyracidae
Subfamily:	†Pliohyracinae
Genus:	†Pliohyrax Osborn, 1899
Species
†P. graecus (Gaudry, 1862)[1] †P. rossignoli (Viret, 1947)[2] †P. occidentalis (Viret & Thenius, 1952)[1]
Synonyms
Sogdohyrax Dubrovo, 1978[3]

Fossils of this Miocene-Pliocene 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]