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RHOI-supported the Kanam West research project as a curatorial project.

The faunal list below is derived from Mbua (2007)

 

Reptilia
   Crocodilia
   Chelonia
   Squamata
      Serpentes

Mammalia
   Primates
      Cercopithecidae
            Indet.
      Hominoidea
         Nakalipithecus nakayamai sp. nov.
         Indet.
      Colobinae
         cf. Microcolobus sp.
   Rodentia
      Rhyzomyidae
      Nakalimys lavocati
      Thryonomyidae
      Paraphiomys sp.
   Proboscidea
      Deinotheriidae
         Deinotherium cf. bozasi
      Gomphotheriidae
      Choerolophodon sp.
      Elephantidae
      Indet.
   Hyracoidea
      Procaviidae
         cf. Heterohyrax sp.
   Carnivora
      Mustelidae
            Indet.
      Hyaenidae
         Percrocuta leakeyi
         Indet.
      Perissodactyla
         Equidae
            Hipparion cf. africanum
   Rhinocerotidae
      Kenyatherium bishopi
      Diceros sp.
   Artiodactyla
      Suidae
         Nyanzachoerus sp.
      Hippopotamidae
         Kenyapotamus cf. coryndoni
         Indet.
      Giraffidae
         Palaeotragus cf. germaini
         ?Samotherium sp.
      Bovidae
         Gazella sp.
         Boselaphini