Cainochoerus
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| Cainochoerus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cainochoerinae |
| Genus: | †Cainochoerus Pickford, 1988 |
| Species: | †C. africanus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cainochoerus africanus Hendey, 1976 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pecarichoerus | |
Cainochoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates which lived during the Miocene and Pliocene in Africa.[1][2] Fossils have been found in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa.
Cainochoerus was a very small, cursorial pig. It was originally described as a species of peccary based on its simple single-cusped premolars. Among the living pigs, the small pygmy hog can be considered an analogue.[3]
