family Suidae

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family 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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"True pigs, members of the family Suidae, are native to Europe, Asia and Africa, while peccaries belong to the family Tayassuidae and live in the Americas," (https://www.etsu.edu/news/2018/12-dec/nr_gfs_peccaries.aspx) ETSU explained.

Prehistoric Pig-Like Creatures' Fossils Found By Tennessee Scientists

Among wild terrestrial mammals in Madagascar, animals of the orders Carnivora and Primata are not considered as candidates for the maintenance of RVFV; however, bats (order Chiroptera) and introduced bushpigs (order Artiodactyla, family Suidae, genus Potamochoerus) could be candidates, and their role in RVFV maintenance should be investigated (2).

Absence of Rift Valley fever virus in wild small mammals, Madagascar

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).

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