Komba

Name: Komba.
Phonetic: Kom-bah.
Named By: Simpson‭ ‬-‭ ‬1967.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Primates,‭ ‬Strepsirrhini,‭ ‬Lemuriformes,‭ ‬Lorisoidea,‭ ‬Galagidae.‭
Species: K.‭ ‬robustus,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬minor,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬winamensis,‭ ‬K.‭ ‬walkeri.
Diet: Omnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Kenya‭ ‬-‭ ‬Maboko Formation.‭ ‬Uganda.
Time period: Langhian of the Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Komba is an extinct genus of galago,‭ ‬alternatively known as a bushbaby,‭ ‬that lived in Africa during the Miocene.

Further reading
- Chapter 20: Later Tertiary Lorisiformes (Strepsirrhini, Primates), by Terry Harrison. - In, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. pp. 333–349. - L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders - 2010.

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