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Phacochoerus africanus (common warthog)

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Sus africanus was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Phacochoerus africanus by Funk et al. (2007) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Sus africanus Gmelin
2007Phacochoerus africanus Funk et al. p. 428
2008Phacochoerus africanus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
speciesafricanus(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin 1788 [common warthog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available