Xenohyus
Extinct genus of mammals
Xenohyus Temporal range: 20.43–15.97 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | †Xenohyus Ginsburg, 1980 |
Species: | †X. venitor |
Binomial name | |
†Xenohyus venitor Ginsburg, 1980 |
Xenohyus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe. [1][2]
It showed many similarities to peccaries rather than modern pigs.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Clade: Artiofabula
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