Name
Komba.
Phonetic
Kom-bah.
Named By
Simpson - 1967.
Classification
Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Strepsirrhini, Lemuriformes, Lorisoidea, Galagidae.
Diet
Omnivore?
Species
K. robustus, K. minor, K. winamensis, K. walkeri
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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