Biology:Komba (mammal)

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Short description: Extinct genus of primates

Komba
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Strepsirrhini
Family: Galagidae
Genus: †Komba
Simpson, 1967
Species
  • †Komba robustus (Le Gros Clark and Thomas, 1952)
  • †Komba minor (Le Gros Clark and Thomas, 1952)
  • †Komba winamensis McCrossin, 1992
  • †Komba walkeri Harrison, 2010

Komba is an extinct genus of galagos, containing species known from the early to middle Miocene of Kenya and Uganda. A new species, K. walkeri, was described from the early Miocene of Kenya by Terry Harrison in 2010.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Harrison, Terry (2010). "Chapter 20: Later Tertiary Lorisiformes (Strepsirrhini, Primates)". In Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W.J. Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 333–349. ISBN:978-0-520-25721-4.

Wikidata ☰ Q2498474 entry



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