Kenyamyidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of rodents}}

{{automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Early Miocene

| taxon = Kenyamyidae

| authority = Lavocat, 1973

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

†Kenyamys

†Simonimys

}}

Kenyamyidae is an extinct family of rodents from Africa that lived in the Lower Miocene era.{{Citation |last=Lavocat |first=Rene |title=Evolution of African Mammals |chapter=V: Rodentia and Lagomorpha |date=2013-10-01 |chapter-url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.4159/harvard.9780674431263.c6/html |pages=69–89 |access-date=2023-10-11 |publisher=Harvard University Press |language=en |doi=10.4159/harvard.9780674431263.c6 |isbn=978-0-674-43126-3}}

There are two genera in the family, Kenyamys and Simonymys, both described by Lavocat in 1973. There are two species of Kenyamys, K. mariae and K. williamsi. There is only one species of Simonymys, S. genovefae.