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Babyrousa (babirusa)

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Babyrousa was named by Perry (1811). It is extant.

It was assigned to Suina by Gray (1825); to Babyrousini by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Babyrousinae by Funk et al. (2007); and to Suidae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Babyrousa Perry
1825Babiroussa Gray p. 343
1997Babyrousa McKenna and Bell p. 397
2007Babyrousa Funk et al. p. 429
2008Babyrousa Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilyBabyrousinaeThenius 1970
genusBabyrousaPerry 1811

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. Babyrousa Perry 1811 [babirusa]
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Babyrousa babyrussa Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:08:25
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sulawesi) Babyrousa babyrussa (93697 93698)