Hylochoerus euilus Hopwood 1926 (giant forest hog)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Alternative combination: Notochoerus euilus

Belongs to Hylochoerus according to Hopwood 1926

Sister taxon: Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ethiopia (15 collections), Kenya (9), Tanzania (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (8), Ethiopia (2), Malawi (2)

• Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (21), Kenya (18), South Africa (1), Tanzania (21), Uganda (1)

• Miocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 102 collections including 103 occurrences

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