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Suina

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Suina
Potamochoerus porcus
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Suina

Gray, 1868
Families

 Suidae
 Tayassuidae
 Entelodontidae
 ?Merycoidodontidae

The suborder Suina (also known Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaic even-toed ungulates.


Classification

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This suborden Suina includes family Suidae (pigs, hogs) and the family Tayassuidae (peccaries). Older morphogical studies also identified family Hippopotamidae (hippos) among the Suina.

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