Biology:Xenohyus

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Xenohyus
Temporal range: 20.43–15.97 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Xenohyus
Ginsburg, 1980
Species:
X. venitor
Binomial name
Xenohyus venitor
Ginsburg, 1980

Xenohyus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe. [1][2]

It showed many similarities to peccaries rather than modern pigs.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q30593655 entry