Nguruwe

{{Short description|Extinct genus of even-toed ungulates}}

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|fossil_range = {{fossil range|20.43|15.97}}

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|taxon = Nguruwe

|authority = Pickford, 1986

| type_species = †Nguruwe kijivium

|type_species_authority = Pickford, 1986

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • N kijivium
  • N namibensis

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Nguruwe was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67945|title=Fossilworks: Nguruwe|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://tolweb.org/Kubanochoerinae/51858|title=Kubanochoerinae|website=tolweb.org|access-date=2017-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/7681/details|title=Hogs and Pigs - Suidae - Details - Encyclopedia of Life|website=Encyclopedia of Life|language=en|access-date=2017-03-05}} It was formerly considered a member of the subfamily Listriodontinae, but has since been placed in Hyotheriinae.{{cite journal |last1=Maeva |first1=J.O. |year=2010 |title=Phylogenetic relationships of the Suidae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla): new insights on the relationships within Suoidea |journal= Zoologica Scripta |volume= 39 |issue= 4 |pages=315–330 |doi= 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00431.x|s2cid=83534485 |display-authors=etal}}

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

References

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{{Suina|Su.|state=collapsed}}

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Category:Prehistoric Suidae

Category:Miocene mammals of Africa

Category:Miocene Artiodactyla

Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera

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