Hippohyus

Hippohyus is an extinct genus of pigs that lived in the Pliocene.[1]

Hippohyus
Temporal range: 5.332–2.588 Ma
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A Hippohyus sivalensis skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
Suidae
Subfamily:
Suinae
Tribe:
Hippohyini
Genus:
Hippohyus

Falconer & Cautley, 1847

References
  1. Lewis, G. E. (1934). "Preliminary notice of a new species of Hippohyus from India". American Journal of Science (162): 457–459. doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-27.162.457.


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