Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Synonym: Tapinochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen 1932
Parent taxon: Suinae according to L. C. Bishop 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Geraads et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and White and Harris 1977
Sister taxa: Babyrousa, Babyrousini, Hippohyini, Hylochoerus, Kolpochoerus, Omochoerus, Phacochoerini, Phacochoerus, Porcula, Potamochoerini, Potamochoerus, Suini, Sus
Subtaxa: Metridiochoerus andrewsi Metridiochoerus compactus Metridiochoerus hopwoodi Metridiochoerus modestus Metridiochoerus shawi
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Djibouti (2), Ethiopia (61), Kenya (89), South Africa (7), Tanzania (14)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Ethiopia (5), Kenya (9), Malawi (4), South Africa (3)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (8), South Africa (1)
Total: 206 collections including 264 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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