 | This article relies on a single source. (July 2024) |
| Kahawamys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Clade: | Ctenohystrica |
| Superfamily: | Thryonomyoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Kahawamys Stevens et al., 2009 |
| Species: | †K. mbeyaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kahawamys mbeyaensis Stevens et al., 2009 | |
Kahawamys is an extinct genus of thryonomyoid rodent which existed in Nsungwe Formation, Tanzania during the late Oligocene. It was first named by Nancy J. Stevens, Patricia A. Holroyd, Eric M. Roberts, Patrick M. O'connor and Michael D. Gottfried in 2009 and the type species is Kahawamys mbeyaensis.
