Suidae

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Related to Suidae: Tayassuidae, Moschidae

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Suidae - pigs; hogs; boars

mammal family - a family of mammals

Artiodactyla, order Artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes

swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals

genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae

Babyrousa, genus Babyrousa - a genus of Suidae

genus Phacochoerus, Phacochoerus - warthogs

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Keywords: Artiodactyla, Suiformes, Suidae, Miocene, Siwaliks.

Pilgrim (1926) was the first one who discovered vast divergence in the Siwalik Suidae. The Siwalik suids are represented by some endemic genera like Lophochoerus, Tetraconodon, Hippopotamodon, Sivahyus and Hippohyus, whereas some genera are common in Siwaliks and Europe and other parts of the world like Bunolistriodon, Listriodon, Propotamochoerus, Conohyus and Sus (Pilgrim 1926, Colbert, 1935; Pickford, 1988, Made, 1996).

Short Communication - NEW FOSSILS OF SUIDAE (MAMMALIA) FROM DHOK PATHAN FORMATION OF SIWALIKS, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

7.Artiodactyla Suidae is the scientific name for which farm animal?

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The family Suidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia), generally known as boars, hogs, pigs or suids, is part of the superfamily Suoidea along with Tayassuidae (peccaries) (Gongora et al., 2011).

The fauna mainly consists of Artiodactyla (Cervidae, Tragulidae, Giraffidae, Suidae), Perissodactyla (Equidae, Rhinocerotidae), Proboscidea and Primates (Khan et al., 2013).

NEW FOSSILS OF SUIDAE (MAMMALIA, ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE HASNOT LATE MIOCENE, NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Listriodon is an extinct genus of the class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla and family Suidae.

CHEEK TEETH OF LISTRIODON PENTAPOTAMIAE FROM THE LOWER SIWALIK HILLS OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

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