''Pachyhyrax'' was a genus of herbivorous
hyrax
Hyraxes (), also called dassies, are small, stout, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the family Procaviidae within the order Hyracoidea. Hyraxes are well-furred, rotund animals with short tails. Modern hyraxes are typically between in length a ...
-grouped mammal belonging to the clade
Paenungulata
Paenungulata (from Latin ''paene'' "almost" + ''ungulātus'' "having hoofs") is a clade of "sub- ungulates", which groups three extant mammal orders: Proboscidea (including elephants), Sirenia ( sea cows, including dugongs and manatees), and ...
.
References
Prehistoric placental genera
Fossil taxa described in 1910
Prehistoric hyraxes
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