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Kahawamys is an extinct genus of thryonomyoid rodent which existed in Nsungwe Formation, Tanzania during the late Oligocene.[1] It was first named by Nancy J. Stevens, Patricia A. Holroyd, Eric M. Roberts, Patrick M. O'connor and Michael D. Gottfried in 2009 and the type species is 'Kahawamys mbeyaensis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Clade: | Ctenohystrica |
| Superfamily: | Thryonomyoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Kahawamys Stevens et al., 2009 |
| Species: | †K. mbeyaensis
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| †Kahawamys mbeyaensis Stevens et al., 2009
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References
edit- ^ a b Nancy J. Stevens; Patricia A. Holroyd; Eric M. Roberts; Patrick M. O'connor; Michael D. Gottfried (2009). "Kahawamys mbeyaensis (n. gen., n. sp.) (Rodentia: Thryonomyoidea) from the late Oligocene Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (2): 631–634. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..631S. doi:10.1671/039.029.0219. S2CID 140590080.
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