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Komba (mammal)

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(Redirected from Komba walkeri) Extinct genus of primates

Komba
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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.
Strepsirrhini
Strepsirrhini
Strepsirrhini
Notharctidae
Ekgmowechashalidae
Cercamoniidae
Adapidae
Asiadapidae
Sivaladapidae
Hoanghoniinae
Sivaladapinae
Caenopithecidae
Azibiidae
Djebelemuridae
Lemuriformes
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Darwinius masillae
Lemuriformes
Lorisoidea
Galagidae
Lorisidae
Lorisinae
Perodicticinae
Lemuroidea
Cheirogaleidae
Lemuridae
Archaeolemuridae
Indriidae
Palaeopropithecidae
Archaeoindris fontoynonti
Taxon identifiers
Komba
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