Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Alternative combination: Sus porcus
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 Potamochoerus according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008
See also Linnaeus 1758, Peters 1990 and Thomas 1911
Sister taxa: Potamochoerus larvatus, Potamochoerus penicillatus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (7 collections), Kenya (7), South Africa (12), Swaziland (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Kenya (4), Malawi (1), Tanzania (3)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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