Kabirmys

Kabirmys
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Anomaluromorpha
Family: Anomaluridae
Genus: Kabirmys
Sallam, Seiffert, Simons & Brindley, 2010
Species: K. qarunensis
Binomial name
Kabirmys qarunensis
Sallam, Seiffert, Simons & Brindley, 2010 (type)

Kabirmys is an extinct genus of anomaluroid (scaly-tailed flying squirrel) rodent from the earliest late Eocene of the Birket Qarun Formation from northern Egypt. It was described in September 2010 by Hesham Sallam, Erik Seiffert, Elwyn Simons, and Chlöe Brindley based on isolated teeth, partial mandibles, and an edentulous partial maxilla. It is noteworthy for being the largest known Eocene anomaluroid.[1]

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