Kvabebihyrax
Appearance
Kvabebihyrax Temporal range: Late Pliocene
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Hyracoidea |
Family: | †Pliohyracidae |
Subfamily: | †Pliohyracinae |
Genus: | †Kvabebihyrax Gabunia & Vekua, 1966 |
Species: | †K. kachethicus
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Binomial name | |
†Kvabebihyrax kachethicus |
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
[edit]- ^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 237. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.