Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae
Parent taxon: Suidae according to L. C. Bishop 2010
See also Anyonge 1991, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pickford 2007
Sister taxa: Babyrousinae, Cainochoerinae, Chaeropotamina, Dinochoerus, Eocenchoerus, Eumaiochoerus, Gerontochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Microstonyx, Namachoerinae, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Pronotochoerus, Schizochoerinae, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae
Subtaxa: Kenyasus Libycochoerus Megalochoerus Nguruwe
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (8 collections), Namibia (1), Pakistan (2), South Africa (1), Uganda (1)
Total: 13 collections including 19 occurrences