Suidae
hogs and pigs
- Suinae (modern hogs and pigs and their relatives)
- Cainochoerus
- Hyotheriinae
- Kubanochoerinae
- Listriodontinae
- Namachoerus
- Palaeochoerinae
- Siamochoerus
- Sinapriculus
- Tetraconodontinae
References
d'Huart, J. P. and W. L. R. Oliver. 1993. Review of priorities of conservation action and future research on Afrotropical Suids. In: Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. W. L. R. Oliver, ed. IUCN/SSC, Gland, Switzerland.
Ducrocq, S., Y. Chaimanee, V. Suteethorn, and J. J. Jaeger. 1998. The earliest known pig from the upper Eocene of Thailand. Palaeontology 41:147-156.
Groves, C. P. and P. Grubb. 1993. The suborder Suiformes. Pages 1-4 in: W. L. R. Oliver, ed. Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos, IUCN, The World Conservation Union, Gland.
Liu, L. P., M. Fortelius, and M. Pickford. 2002. New fossil Suidae from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):152-163.
McKenna, M. C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York.
Pickford, M. 1986. A revision of the Miocene Suidae and Tayassuidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) of Africa. Tertiary Research 7:1-83.
Randi, E., V. Lucchini and C. H. Diong. 1996. Evolutionary genetics of the Suiformes as reconstructed using mtDNA sequencing. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 3:163-194.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Phacochoerus africanus |
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| Location | Kumasinga hide, Mkhuze, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Warthog family |
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