Hondalagus
Prehistoric genus of mammals
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Hondalagus is an extinct genus of mammals that lived during the Middle Miocene epoch (Laventan) in South America. Their fossils were found in the Honda Group at Quebrada Honda, in southern Bolivia.[1] Hondalagus represents the smallest and most specialized member of the extinct family Argyrolagidae.[2]
| Hondalagus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Polydolopimorphia |
| Family: | †Argyrolagidae |
| Genus: | †Hondalagus Marshall & Villarroel, 1988 |
| Type species | |
| †Hondalagus altiplanensis Marshall & Villarroel, 1988 | |
