Celebochoerus
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| Celebochoerus Temporal range: | |
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| C. heekereni at the Bandung Geological Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | †Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| †Celebochoerus heekereni | |
| Species | |
Celebochoerus is an extinct genus of giant suid that existed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Celebochoerus heekereni),[1][2] and the middle Pleistocene of Luzon, in the Philippines (Celebochoerus cagayanensis).[3]
It is not thought to be closely related to Babyrousa, and seems to be quite distinct from any other known suid.[4]
It has been suggested that its extinction is correlated with the geographical expansion of anoa, babirusa and Celebes warty pig ranges.[5]
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