Sivachoerus Pilgrim 1926 (pig)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

Parent taxon: Tetraconodontinae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Conohyus, Lophocoerus, Notochoerus, Nyanzachoerus, Parachleuastochoerus, Tetraconodon

Subtaxa: Sivachoerus syrticus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Egypt (2 collections), Ethiopia (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)

• Miocene of Chad (1), Kenya (3), Tunisia (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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