Titanohyrax Temporal range: Early Eocene–early Oligocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Hyracoidea |
Family: | †Pliohyracidae |
Subfamily: | †Titanohyracinae |
Genus: |
†Titanohyrax Matsumoto, 1922 |
Type species | |
Titanohyrax andrewsi |
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Species | |
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Titanohyrax is an extinct genus of large to very large hyrax from the Eocene and Oligocene. Specimens have been discovered in modern-day Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt. The genus was first described by Matsumoto in 1922. Some species, like T. ultimus, are estimated to be as large as a rhinoceros.