Mioeuoticus kichotoi is an extinct lorisid primate of the genus Mioeuoticus, known from the Miocene of East Africa. It was described by Kunimatsu and colleagues in 2017 in a paper titled A new species of Mioeuoticus (Lorisiformes, Primates) from the early Middle Miocene of Kenya, which makes it the most recently named of the three species in the genus. Mioeuoticus is the only genus in the subfamily Mioeuoticinae and is described as a relatively small animal, about the size of a potto, with an omnivorous diet of fruit and insects. The other two species are the type species M. bishopi, named by Leakey in 1962, and M. shipmani, named by Phillips and Walker in 2000.
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Mioeuoticus is an extinct genus of lorisid primates from the Miocene of East Africa.
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1. Mioeuoticus (Wikipedia)
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Mioeuoticus is an extinct genus of lorisid primates from the Miocene of East Africa.
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Mioeuoticus was a relatively small, potto-sized animal with an omnivorous diet consisting of fruit and insects.
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Mioeuoticus was a relatively small, potto-sized animal with an omnivorous diet consisting of fruit and insects.
Child Taxon Of: Mioeuoticus, Species list
†M. kichotoi Kunimatsu et al., 2017
In Group: Primate Species, Species list, primate species
†M. kichotoi Kunimatsu et al., 2017
View the Source2. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Mioeuoticus kichotoi
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"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, living or extinct
"is_extant": "extinct"
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