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Potamochoerus porcus (red river hog)

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Sus porcus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Potamochoerus porcus by Thomas (1911), Peters (1990) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. salinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sus porcus Linnaeus p. 50
1911Potamochoerus porcus Thomas p. 140
1990Potamochoerus porcus Peters p. 86
2008Potamochoerus porcus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusPotamochoerus
speciesporcus()

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.

Potamochoerus porcus Linnaeus 1758 [red river hog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Potamochoerus porcus (22271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Congo-Kinshasa Potamochoerus porcus (22198)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Potamochoerus porcus (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Potamochoerus porcus (21439)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Potamochoerus porcus (22267)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Potamochoerus porcus (21807 21818)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Potamochoerus porcus (21482 21540)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Potamochoerus porcus (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Potamochoerus porcus (21695 21916)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Potamochoerus porcus (21948 21949 21951 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Potamochoerus porcus (22074 22099 22103)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Potamochoerus porcus (21276 22272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Potamochoerus porcus (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Potamochoerus porcus (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Potamochoerus porcus (32115)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Potamochoerus porcus (32119)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Potamochoerus porcus (21938 22310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Potamochoerus porcus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Potamochoerus porcus (22067 22068 22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Potamochoerus porcus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Potamochoerus porcus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Potamochoerus porcus (21917 21918 21930 96973)