Suina

Suina
Potamochoerus porcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
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

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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