Hyrachyus

Hyrachyus
Temporal range: Eocene
Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Rhinocerotoidea
Family: †Hyrachyidae
Genus: †Hyrachyus
Leidy, 1871
Species
  • H. affinis
  • H. bicornutus
  • H. douglassi
  • H. eximius
  • H. modestus
  • H. minimus
  • ?H. stehlini

Hyrachyus (from Hyrax and Ancient Greek: ὗς "pig") is an extinct genus of perissodactyl mammal that lived in Eocene Europe,[1] North America, and Asia. Its remains have also been found in Jamaica.[2] It is closely related to Lophiodon.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference MamEv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Domning, D. P.; Emry, R. J.; Portell, R. W.; Donovan, S. K.; Schindler, K. S. (December 1997). "Oldest West Indian Land Mammal: Rhinocerotoid Ungulate from the Eocene of Jamaica". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (4). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology: 638–641. Bibcode:1997JVPal..17..638D. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10011013. JSTOR 4523853.
  3. ^ Hayden, F.V. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Volume III. (1883)