Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Alternative spelling: Phascochaerus
Parent taxon: Suinae according to S. M. Funk et al. 2007
See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, McKenna and Bell 1997, Owen 1848, Thomas 1904 and White and Harris 1977
Sister taxa: Babyrousini, Hippohyini, Hylochoerus, Kolpochoerus, Metridiochoerus, Omochoerus, Phacochoerini, Porcula, Potamochoerini, Potamochoerus, Suini, Sus
Subtaxa: Phacochoerus aethiopicus Phacochoerus africanus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (6 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (8), Kenya (15), Morocco (4), Niger (1), South Africa (32), Sudan (6), Tanzania (12), Zambia (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malawi (1)
Total: 91 collections including 92 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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