| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Included Taxa |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Taxonomy
Sus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type genus of Suoidea, Suidae, Suinae.
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Suina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Pachydermata by Leidy (1860); to Suini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Suinae by Hay (1902) and Funk et al. (2007); and to Suidae by Leakey (1943), Carroll (1988), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Thewissen et al. (2001) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was assigned to Bestiae by Linnaeus (1758); to Suina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Pachydermata by Leidy (1860); to Suini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Suinae by Hay (1902) and Funk et al. (2007); and to Suidae by Leakey (1943), Carroll (1988), Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi (1995), Thewissen et al. (2001) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Species
S. antediluvianus, S. arvernensis, S. barbatus, S. brachygnathus, S. bucculentus, S. cebifrons, S. celebensis, S. cristatus, S. falconeri, S. giganteus, S. hyotherioides, S. hysudricus, S. lydekkeri, S. microdon, S. palaeochoerus, S. philippensis, S. scrofa, S. sivalensis, S. stehlini, S. strozzii, S. verrucosus, S. vittatus, S. waylandi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Sus Linnaeus p. 49 |
| 1825 | Sus Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Sus Owen p. 139 |
| 1860 | Sus Leidy p. 108 |
| 1902 | Sus Hay p. 661 |
| 1943 | Sus Leakey p. 60 |
| 1988 | Sus Carroll |
| 1995 | Sus Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi p. 248 |
| 1997 | Sus McKenna and Bell p. 395 |
| 2001 | Sus Thewissen et al. p. suppl. |
| 2007 | Sus Funk et al. p. 429 |
| 2008 | Sus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. FIg. 5 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Sus Linnaeus 1758 [pig]
show all | hide all
†Sus antediluvianus Kaup 1833
†Sus arvernensis Deperet 1885
Sus barbatus Müller 1838 [bearded pig]
†Sus brachygnathus Dubois 1908
Sus bucculentus Heude 1892 [Vietnam warty pig]
Sus cebifrons Heude 1888 [Visayan warty pig]
Sus celebensis Müller and Schlegel 1843 [Sulawesi pig]
Sus cristatus Wagner 1839
†Sus falconeri Lydekker 1884
†Sus giganteus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Sus hyotherioides Schlosser 1903
†Sus hysudricus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Sus lydekkeri Zdansky 1928
†Sus microdon Schlosser 1903
†Sus palaeochoerus Kaup 1833
Sus philippensis Nehring 1886 [Philippine warty pig]
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 [wild boar]
†Sus sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Sus stehlini Schlosser 1903
†Sus strozzii Forsyth Major 1881
Sus verrucosus Müller 1840 [Javan warty pig]
Sus vittatus Müller and Schlegel 1842 [banded pig]
†Sus waylandi Cooke and Coryndon 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
| estimate | equation | reference |
|---|---|---|
| 34.7 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 62.3 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 46.5 kg | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| humerus diameter | 1 | 19.2 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 22.0 | |||||
| ulna diameter | 1 | 12.6 |
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
|
|
||||
| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Holocene or 12.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma
Collections (256 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene - Pliocene | Uganda | Nyanzachoerus waylandi (22214 22217 22218 22245 22247 22344 22394 22418 22422 22427 22435 22455 22461) | |
| Neogene | Myanmar | Sus sp. (215569) | |
| Neogene | Taiwan (Tainan) | Sus sp. (76867) | |
| Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | Sus scrofa (189573) | |
| Serravallian | Moldova | Sus erymanthius (60271) | |
| Serravallian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Sus erymanthius (75786) | |
| Sarmatian | Russian Federation | Sus sp. (73903) | |
| Sarmatian - Pliocene | Ukraine | Sus sp. (76288) | |
| Tortonian | Moldova | Sus erymanthius (75801 75803) | |
| Tortonian | Georgia | Sus erymanthius (73901) | |
| Tortonian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Sus erymanthius (75794) | |
| Tortonian | Ukraine | Sus erymanthius (75800) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Nyanzachoerus waylandi (22139) | |
| Vallesian | China (shaanxi) | Chleuastochoerus stehlini (42254) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Shanxi) | Sus erymanthius (179050) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Sus erymanthius (182754) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China | Chleuastochoerus stehlini (195286 195287) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Sus erymanthius (202120) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Lebanon | Sus erymanthius (34399) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Vietnam (Son La) | Chleuastochoerus stehlini (92771) | |