Biology:Cainochoerus
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammal
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cainochoerinae |
| Genus: | †Cainochoerus Pickford, 1988 |
| Species: | †C. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cainochoerus africanus Hendey, 1976
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Pecarichoerus | |
Cainochoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates which lived during the Miocene and Pliocene in Africa.[1][2] Fossils have been found in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa .
Cainochoerus was a very small, cursorial pig. It was originally described as a species of peccary based on its simple single-cusped premolars. Among the living pigs, the small pygmy hog can be considered an analogue.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Cainochoerus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=188941.
- ↑ "Cainochoerus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life" (in en). http://eol.org/pages/24182607/overview.
- ↑ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 834. ISBN 9780520257214.
Wikidata ☰ Q30593438 entry
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