Namachoerus
Extinct genus of mammals
Namachoerus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Listriodontinae |
Tribe: | †Namachoerini |
Genus: | †Namachoerus Pickford, 1995 |
Species: | †N. moruoroti |
Binomial name | |
†Namachoerus moruoroti Wilkinson, 1976 | |
Synonyms | |
Lopholistriodon moruoroti |
Namachoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene of Africa.[1][2]
One species, Namachoerus moruoroti was formerly placed in the genus Lopholistriodon.[3]
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Genera of peccaries, pigs and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Clade: Artiofabula
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