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Myanmarcolobus

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Myanmarcolobus
Temporal range: Neogene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Myanmarcolobus
Species:
M. yawensis
Binomial name
Myanmarcolobus yawensis
Takai et. al., 2015

Myanmarcolobus is an extinct genus of colobine primate that inhabited Myanmar during the Neogene period. It is a monotypic genus containing the species M. yawensis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Takai, Masanaru; Thaung-Htike; Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein; Soe, Aung Naing; Maung, Maung; Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Egi, Naoko; Nishimura, Takeshi D.; Nishioka, Yuichiro (July 2015). "First discovery of colobine fossils from the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene in central Myanmar". Journal of Human Evolution. 84: 1–15. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.04.003. Retrieved 5 January 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.