Hippohyus

Hippohyus
Temporal range: 5.332–2.588 Ma
A Hippohyus sivalensis skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Tribe: Hippohyini
Genus: Hippohyus
Falconer & Cautley, 1847

Hippohyus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived in the Pliocene.[1]

References

  1. Lewis, G. E. (1934). "Preliminary notice of a new species of Hippohyus from India". American Journal of Science (162): 457–459. doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-27.162.457.


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