Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Sus according to S. M. Funk et al. 2007
See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Hay 1902, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Sus antediluvianus, Sus arvernensis, Sus barbatus, Sus brachygnathus, Sus bucculentus, Sus cebifrons, Sus celebensis, Sus cristatus, Sus falconeri, Sus giganteus, Sus hyotherioides, Sus hysudricus, Sus lydekkeri, Sus microdon, Sus palaeochoerus, Sus philippensis, Sus sivalensis, Sus stehlini, Sus strozzii, Sus verrucosus, Sus vittatus, Sus waylandi
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Average measurements (in mm): humerus diameter 19.2, tibia diameter 22.0, ulna diameter 12.6
Estimated body mass: 46.5 kg based on humerus diameter and tibia diameter
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (1), China (16), Cook Islands (1), the Czech Republic (1), Ecuador (1), France (6), Germany (10), Greece (10), India (2), Israel (1), Italy (18), Laos (1), Libya (1), Malaysia (2), the Marshall Islands (2), Monaco (3), Morocco (4), the Netherlands (3), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (10), Thailand (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (3: Missouri, Tennessee), Vietnam (2)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 117 collections including 118 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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