Nguruwe
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Extinct genus of even-toed ungulates
| Nguruwe | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Nguruwe Pickford, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| †Nguruwe kijivium Pickford, 1986
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Nguruwe was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.[1] [2] [3] It was formerly considered a member of the subfamily Listriodontinae, but has since been placed in Hyotheriinae.[4]
The word "Nguruwe" is the Swahili word for pig.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Fossilworks: Nguruwe". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Kubanochoerinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017年03月05日.
- ^ "Hogs and Pigs - Suidae - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017年03月05日.
- ^ Maeva, J.O.; et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Suidae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla): new insights on the relationships within Suoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 39 (4): 315–330. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00431.x. S2CID 83534485.
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