Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Synonym: Choiropotamus Gray 1852 [replaced name]
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1854. On the painted pig of the camaroons (Potamochoerus penicillatus). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 20:129-132
Parent taxon: Suinae according to S. M. Funk et al. 2007
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Bishop 2010, Carroll 1988, Gray 1854, McKenna and Bell 1997 and White and Harris 1977
Sister taxa: Babyrousini, Hippohyini, Hylochoerus, Kolpochoerus, Metridiochoerus, Omochoerus, Phacochoerini, Phacochoerus, Porcula, Potamochoerini, Suini, Sus
Subtaxa: Potamochoerus larvatus Potamochoerus penicillatus Potamochoerus porcus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (7 collections), Kenya (9), Madagascar (2), South Africa (12), Spain (1), Swaziland (2), Tanzania (1), Zambia (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1), Malawi (1), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), India (2), Kenya (4), Malawi (2), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Miocene of China (7), Greece (1), Kenya (1)
Total: 61 collections including 64 occurrences
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