Dinopithecus

Dinopithecus
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Dinopithecus

Dinopithecus was an extinct genus of giant baboon (as big as a grown man) that lived during the Pliocene of South Africa. Males grew to 5 feet tall (1.52 m), but females were limited in size to 4 feet (1.22 m) tall.[1]

References

  1. "Megafauna - First Victims of the Human-Caused Extinction", Baz Edmeades, Chapter 9, Megafauna.com, 2011, webpage: Megf-9.
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