Kvabebihyrax

Kvabebihyrax; Temporal range: Late Pliocene
	Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Hyracoidea
Family:	†Pliohyracidae
Subfamily:	†Pliohyracinae
Genus:	†Kvabebihyrax; Gabunia & Vekua, 1966
Species:	K. kachethicus
Binomial name
	Kvabebihyrax kachethicus; Gabunia & Vekua, 1966

Kvabebihyrax kachethicus is an extinct hyrax from the Pliocene of Georgia (country).

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

^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 237. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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[1] Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 237. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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