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RHOI-supported the Afar Rift research project as a exploration project.

The faunal list below is derived from Haile-Selassie et al. (2007).

Osteichthyes
   Cyprinidae
      Barbus sp.

Aves
   Gen et sp. Indet.

Primates
   Cercopithecidae
      Cercopithecinae
         Parapapio sp.
         Gen. et sp. Indet.
   Hominidae
      Australopithecus sp.

Carnivora
   Felidae
      Homotherium sp.
      Panthera sp.
      Felis sp.
   Viverridae
      Viverra sp. Indet.
      Herpestes sp. Indet.
   Mustelidae
      Enhydriodon sp.
   Ursidae
      cf. Agriotherium sp.
Artiodactyla
   Bovidae
      Bovini
         Ugandax sp.
      Tragelaphini
         Tragelaphus cf. kyaloae
      Reduncini
         Redunca sp.
      Hippotragini
         Gen. et sp. Indet.
      Aepycerotini
         cf. Aepyceros mellampus
      Antilopini
         Gen et sp. Indet.
   Suidae
      Nyanzachoerus kanamensis
      Nyanzachoerus jaegeri
      Notochoerus euilus
      Kolpochoerus sp.
   Giraffidae
      Giraffa sp.
   Hippopotamidae

Perissodactyla
   Equidae
      Eurygnathohippus sp.
   Rhinocerotidae
      Ceratotherium cf. praecox

Proboscidea
   Elephantidae
      cf. Loxodonta sp.
      Elephas recki
   Gomphotheriidae
      Anancus sp.

Rodentia
   Hystricidae
      Hystrix sp.
   Muridae
      Gen et sp. Indet.

Tubulidentata
   Orycteropodidae
      Orycteropus sp.