Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas 1904 (giant forest hog)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Full reference: O. Thomas. 1904. The Forest-pig of Central Africa. Nature 70:577
Belongs to Hylochoerus according to J. Peters 1990
See also Giglioli 1907, Thomas 1904 and Thomas 1904
Sister taxon: Hylochoerus euilus
Type specimen: Nandi, a skull
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (3 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1)
• Pliocene to Holocene of Uganda (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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