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Taxonomy
Sus africanus was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.
It was recombined as Phacochoerus africanus by Funk et al. (2007) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was recombined as Phacochoerus africanus by Funk et al. (2007) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1788 | Sus africanus Gmelin |
| 2007 | Phacochoerus africanus Funk et al. p. 428 |
| 2008 | Phacochoerus africanus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin 1788 [common warthog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | Morocco | Phacochoerus africanus (34329) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Tanzania | Phacochoerus africanus (22180 22181 22185 22186 22188 22189 22191 22192) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Phacochoerus africanus (21856) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Phacochoerus africanus (34287 34330) |