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Phacochoerus (warthog)

Mammalia - Suidae

Taxonomy
Phacochoerus was named by Cuvier (1826) [also said to be 1817]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Suina by Gray (1825); to Artiodactyla by Owen (1848); to Suidae by Thomas (1904), White and Harris (1977) and Carroll (1988); to Phacochoerini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Suinae by Funk et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Phascochaerus Gray p. 343
1826Phacochoerus Cuvier
1848Phacochoerus Owen p. 139
1904Phacochoerus Thomas p. 195
1977Phacochoerus White and Harris p. 13
1988Phacochoerus Carroll
1997Phacochoerus McKenna and Bell p. 396
2007Phacochoerus Funk et al. p. 429

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
familySuidae
subfamilySuinaeGray 1821
genusPhacochoerusCuvier 1826

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.

G. Phacochoerus Cuvier 1826 [warthog]
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus Pallas 1766 [desert warthog]
Phacochoerus africanus Gmelin 1788 [common warthog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available