Nyanzachoerus Leakey 1958 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

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

See also Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and White and Harris 1977

Sister taxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Dinochoerus, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Gerontochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Microstonyx, Namachoerinae, Odoichoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus

Subtaxa: Nyanzachoerus jaegeri Nyanzachoerus kanamensis Nyanzachoerus khinzir Nyanzachoerus nakaliensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (3 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (2), Malawi (1)

• Pliocene of Ethiopia (21), Kenya (20), Malawi (1), Senegal (1), South Africa (2), Tanzania (6), Uganda (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (4), Kenya (4), South Africa (1), Tanzania (4), Uganda (29)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Kenya (5), South Africa (1), Tunisia (1)

Total: 109 collections including 144 occurrences

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