†Notochoerus Broom 1925 (pig)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Parent taxon: Tetraconodontinae according to L. C. Bishop 2010
See also Carroll 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997 and White and Harris 1977
Sister taxa: Conohyus, Lophocoerus, Parachleuastochoerus, Sivachoerus, Tetraconodon
Subtaxa: Notochoerus capensis Notochoerus clarkei
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (22 collections), Kenya (1), Tanzania (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malawi (1), Uganda (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (6), Kenya (2), Malawi (1)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences
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