Microhyrax
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Microhyrax was a prehistoric genus of herbivorous hyrax-grouped mammal. It lived during the Eocene period from 55.8 to 40.4 million years ago in modern-day Algeria.[1]
| Microhyrax Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Family: | †Pliohyracidae |
| Subfamily: | †Saghatheriinae |
| Genus: | †Microhyrax Sudre, 1979 |
| Species: | †M. lavocati |
| Binomial name | |
| †Microhyrax lavocati Sudre, 1979 | |
Cladogram
A phylogeny of hyracoids known from the early Eocene through the middle Oligocene epoch.[2]
| Eutheria |
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