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Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (giant forest hog)

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni was named by Thomas (1904) [possibly a nomen nudum until validated by Thomas 1904 (Proc Zool Soc Lond)]. It is extant. Its type specimen is Nandi, a skull.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas p. 196
1907Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Giglioli p. 414
1990Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Peters p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusHylochoerus
speciesmeinertzhageni

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.

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni Thomas 1904 [giant forest hog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:08:25
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Uganda Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22244)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (21692)