Metridiochoerus Hopwood 1926 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Synonym: Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932

Parent taxon: Suinae according to L. C. Bishop 2010

See also Carroll 1988, Geraads et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and White and Harris 1977

Sister taxa: Babyrousini, Hippohyini, Hylochoerus, Kolpochoerus, Omochoerus, Phacochoerini, Phacochoerus, Porcula, Potamochoerini, Potamochoerus, Suini, Sus

Subtaxa: Metridiochoerus andrewsi Metridiochoerus compactus Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Metridiochoerus modestus Metridiochoerus shawi

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Djibouti (2), Ethiopia (61), Kenya (89), South Africa (7), Tanzania (14)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Ethiopia (5), Kenya (9), Malawi (4), South Africa (3)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (8), South Africa (1)

Total: 206 collections including 264 occurrences

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