Cainochoerus
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: †Cainochoerinae
Genus: †Cainochoerus
Pickford, 1988
Species:
†C. africanus
Binomial name
†Cainochoerus africanus
Hendey, 1976
Synonyms

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

  1. ↑ "Fossilworks: Cainochoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cainochoerus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  3. ↑ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 834. ISBN 9780520257214.
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