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RHOI-supported work at Lemudong'o, Kenya resulted in the recovery of 1268 vertebrate fossil specimens representing 48 taxa. The following list is derived from Ambrose et al. (2007), Table 3.  

Aves
   Galliformes
      Phasianus (cf.)
   Falconiformes
      Acciptridae
   Strigiformes
      Strigidae (cf.)

Mammalia
   Insectivora
   Primates
      Cercopithecidae
         Colobinae
            Paracolobus enkorikae
            large species
            small species
   Rodentia
      Hystricidae
         Atherurus sp.
         Hystrix sp.
         Xenohystrix sp.
      Muridae
         Gerbillinae
            Tatera sp.
         Murinae
            Acomys sp.
            Aethomys sp.
            Arvicanthis sp.
            Lemniscomys sp.
            Mastomys sp.
            Saidomys sp.
      Sciuridae
         Sciurinae
            Paraxerus sp.
            Xerus sp.
      Thryonomidae
         Thryonomys sp.
   Hyracoidea
      Procaviidae
         Dendrohyrax validus (cf.)
   Lagomorpha
      Leporidae
         Alilepus sp.
   Carnivora
      Canidae
         Eucyon aff. intrepidus
      Mustelidae
         Plesiogulo botori
      Procyonidae
         Simocyon sp.
      Herpestidae
         Helogale sp.
         Herpestes sp.
         Ichneumia aff. albicauda
      Viverridae
         Genetta sp. 'X'
         Genetta sp. 'Y'
      Hyaenidae
         Hyaenictis aff. hendeyi
      Felidae
         Lokotunjailurus emageritus
         Leptailurus sp.
         Metailurus major
   Proboscidea
      Gomphotheriidae
         Anancus kenyensis
   Perissodactyla
      Equidae
         Eurygnathohippus cf. E. feibeli
      Rhinocerotidae
   Artiodactyla
      Suidae
         Nyanzachoerus syrticus
      Hippopotamidae
         Hippopotaminae
      Bovidae
         Aepycerotini
            Aepyceros aff. A. melampus
            cf. Aepyceros
         Boselaphini
         Neotragini
            Madoqua sp.
         Tragelaphini
            Tragelaphus sp.

Reptilia
   Chelonia
   Crocodylia
   Serpentes
      Colubroidea
      Pythoninae