†Sivachoerus Pilgrim 1926 (pig)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Parent taxon: Tetraconodontinae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Conohyus, Lophocoerus, Notochoerus, Parachleuastochoerus, Tetraconodon
Subtaxa: Sivachoerus syrticus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (2 collections), Ethiopia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)
• Miocene of Chad (1), Kenya (3), Tunisia (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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