Cainochoerus
Appearance
Cainochoerus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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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
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Cainochoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Cainochoerus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 834. ISBN 9780520257214.