Suinae: Subfamily of artiodactyls in the family Suidae
Suinae is a subfamily of mammals.
It includes at least some of the living members of the family Suidae and their closest relatives—the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas.
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| Subfamily: | Suinae Gray, 1821 |
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In their 1997 Classification of Mammals, Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell classify the Suinae as follows:
- Tribe Suini
- Genus †Eumaiochoerus (Miocene)
- Genus †Hippopotamodon (Miocene to Pleistocene)
- Genus †Korynochoerus (Miocene to Pliocene)
- Genus †Microstonyx (Miocene)
- Genus Sus (Miocene to Recent)
- Tribe Potamochoerini
- Genus †Celebochoerus (Pliocene to Pleistocene)
- Genus Hylochoerus (Pleistocene to Recent)
- Genus †Kolpochoerus (Miocene to Pleistocene)
- Genus Potamochoerus (Miocene to Recent)
- Genus †Propotamochoerus (Miocene to Pliocene)
- Tribe †Hippohyini
- Genus †Hippohyus (Miocene to Pleistocene)
- Genus †Sinohyus (Miocene)
- Genus †Sivahyus (Miocene to Pliocene)
- Tribe Phacochoerini
- Genus †Metridiochoerus (Pliocene to Pleistocene)
- Genus Phacochoerus (Pliocene to Recent)
- Genus †Potamochoeroides (Pliocene, possibly Pleistocene)
- Genus †Stylochoerus (Pleistocene)
- Tribe Babyrousini
- Genus Babyrousa (Pleistocene to Recent)
In the 2005 third edition of Mammal Species of the World, which treats only Recent forms, Peter Grubb followed this classification.
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