|
Titanohyrax Temporal range: Early Eocene–early Oligocene |
|
|---|---|
| Restoration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Hyracoidea |
| Family: | †Pliohyracidae |
| Subfamily: | †Titanohyracinae |
| Genus: |
†Titanohyrax Matsumoto, 1922 |
| Type species | |
|
Titanohyrax andrewsi |
|
| Species | |
|
|
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.