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Phacochoerus (warthog)

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Phacochoerus was named by Cuvier (1826) [also said to be 1817]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Suina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Suidae by Thomas (1904), White and Harris (1977) and Carroll (1988); to Phacochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Suinae by Funk et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Phascochaerus Gray p. 343
1826Phacochoerus Cuvier
1848Phacochoerus Owen p. 139
1904Phacochoerus Thomas p. 195
1977Phacochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Phacochoerus Carroll
1997Phacochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 396
2007Phacochoerus Funk et al. p. 429

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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
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusPhacochoerusCuvier 1826

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. Phacochoerus Cuvier 1826 [warthog]
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 [desert warthog]
Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin 1788 [common warthog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Phacochoerus sp. (22323)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Phacochoerus modestus (21575 21586 21621 21684) Phacochoerus sp. (21632)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Phacochoerus sp. (32116)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Phacochoerus sp. (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Phacochoerus antiquus (21974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21867)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21913 21915 21916 21929 21956) Phacochoerus antiquus (22329) Phacochoerus sp. (21825 21828 21829)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21874)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Phacochoerus africanus (34329)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (22074) Phacochoerus ethiopicus (22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Phacochoerus africanus (21856)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21948 21949 21950 21951 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania Phacochoerus africanus (22180 22181 22185 22186 22188 22189 22191 22192)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21924) Phacochoerus sp. (21854)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Phacochoerus antiquus (21970)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21923 21928)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Phacochoerus africanus (34287 34330)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Phacochoerus aethiopicus (22129 22156 22169)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Phacochoerus koiropotamus, Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21277 22272) Phacochoerus sp. (22276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (22065 22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (32113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (32115 32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (96974)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21866 21914 21946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21902 21903 21904 21958 208786 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21894) Phacochoerus sp. (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21860 21908 21909 21911 21912 21942 21943 21944)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Phacochoerus aethiopicus (22067 22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Phacochoerus aethiopicus (83303)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21933 21935 21936 21938 22310) Phacochoerus sp. (21939)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Phacochoerus aethiopicus (21692)