Kvabebihyrax
Extinct mammal
Kvabebihyrax Temporal range: Late Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Hyracoidea |
Family: | †Pliohyracidae |
Subfamily: | †Pliohyracinae |
Genus: | †Kvabebihyrax Gabunia & Vekua, 1966 |
Species: | †K. kachethicus |
Binomial name | |
†Kvabebihyrax kachethicus Gabunia & Vekua, 1966 |
Kvabebihyrax kachethicus is an extinct hyrax from the Pliocene that lived in the Caucasus region.
With a length of 1.6 metres (5 ft 4 in), Kvabebihyrax was much larger than modern hyraxes, comparable in size to larger species of the Paleogene genus Titanohyrax. Its robust body and eyes placed high on the skull gave it a hippopotamus-like appearance. It also had large pairs of incisors in both jaws.[1]
References
- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 237. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
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Paenungulatomorpha
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Placentalia
- Superorder: Afrotheria
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