Rukwasengi is an extinct genus of myohyracine that inhabited Tanzania during the Oligocene epoch. It contains a single species, Rukwasengi butleri.[1]
| Rukwasengi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Macroscelidea |
| Family: | †Myohyracidae |
| Genus: | †Rukwasengi Stevens et. al., 2021 |
| Species: | †R. butleri
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| †Rukwasengi butleri Stevens et. al., 2021
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References
edit- ^ Stevens, Nancy J.; O’Connor, Patrick M.; Mtelela, Cassy; Roberts, Eric M. (3 April 2022). "Macroscelideans (Myohyracinae and Rhynchocyoninae) from the late Oligocene Nsungwe formation of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania". Historical Biology. 34 (4): 604–610. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1938565. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 13 October 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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