Nguruwe

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Suidae
Nguruwe
Temporal range: 20.43–15.97 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Hyotheriinae
Genus: Nguruwe
Pickford, 1986
Type species
Nguruwe kijivium
Pickford, 1986
Species
  • N kijivium
  • N namibensis

Nguruwe was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.[1][2][3]

The word "Nguruwe" is the Swahili word for pig.

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Palaeoecology

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