Biology:Komba (primate)

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Komba
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Strepsirrhini
Infraorder:
Lemuriformes
Superfamily:
Lorisoidea
Family:
Galagidae
Genus:
†Komba

Simpson, 1967
Species
  • †K. robustus (Le Gros Clark and Thomas, 1952)
  • †K. minor (Le Gros Clark and Thomas, 1952)
  • †K. winamensis McCrossin, 1992
  • †K. 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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