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Microhyrax
Temporal range: Eocene 55.8–40.4 Ma
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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

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]

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A phylogeny of hyracoids known from the early Eocene through the middle Oligocene epoch.[2]

Eutheria
  1. ^ Modern day hyrax species (Procaviidae) may have evolved from smaller members of one of the Saghatheriinae.
  2. ^ The relationship of hyracoids and Perissodactlya is controversial, and not supported by molecular data.

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