Kolpochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Parent taxon: Suinae according to L. C. Bishop 2010

See also Brunet and White 2001, Carroll 1988 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Babyrousa, Babyrousini, Hippohyini, Hylochoerus, Metridiochoerus, Omochoerus, Phacochoerini, Phacochoerus, Porcula, Potamochoerini, Potamochoerus, Suini, Sus

Subtaxa: Kolpochoerus afarensis Kolpochoerus cookei Kolpochoerus denheinzelini Kolpochoerus evronensis Kolpochoerus limnetes Kolpochoerus majus Kolpochoerus maroccanus Kolpochoerus olduvaiensis Kolpochoerus phillipi

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Eritrea (2), Ethiopia (112), Israel (3), Kenya (68), Morocco (1), Tanzania (13)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Ethiopia (10), Kenya (11), Malawi (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (2)

• Pliocene of Chad (3), Ethiopia (21), Kenya (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (2)

Total: 255 collections including 311 occurrences

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