Sus giganteus Falconer and Cautley 1847 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1847. Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Being the fossil zoology of the Sewalik Hills in the north of India. Illustrations–Part VIII Suidae and Rhinocerotidae.

Belongs to Sus according to H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley 1847

Sister taxa: Sus antediluvianus, Sus arvernensis, Sus barbatus, Sus brachygnathus, Sus bucculentus, Sus cebifrons, Sus celebensis, Sus cristatus, Sus falconeri, Sus hyotherioides, Sus hysudricus, Sus lydekkeri, Sus microdon, Sus palaeochoerus, Sus philippensis, Sus scrofa, Sus sivalensis, Sus stehlini, Sus strozzii, Sus verrucosus, Sus vittatus, Sus waylandi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sewalik Hills [GENERAL], which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in India

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sewalik Hills [GENERAL]

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