Celebochoerus cagayanensis

Celebochoerus cagayanensis
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Celebochoerus
Species:
C. cagayanensis
Binomial name
Celebochoerus cagayanensis
Ingicco et al 2016

Celebochoerus cagayanensis is an extinct species of suid in the genus Celebochoerus. The first fossil specimen was discovered in 2016 in the Philippines.[1] It differs from the Sulawesi species Celebochoerus heekereni in that it has mesial and distal enamel bands on its upper canines.[1] It also has huge upper tusks.[2] The animal's features are symplesiomorphic in suids,[3] indicating a Philippines to Sulawesi migration route.[4] They can be viewed at the National Museum of the Philippines.[5]

  1. ^ a b Ingicco, Thomas. "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". University of Wollongong.
  2. ^ Ingicco, Thomas; van den Bergh, Gert; de Vos, John; Castro, Abigael; Amano, Noel; Bautista, Angel (July 2016). "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". Geobios. 49 (4): 285–291. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2016.05.006. ISSN 0016-6995.
  3. ^ "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948☆ | Sci-napse | Academic search engine for paper". Scinapse. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  4. ^ Piper, Philip; Campos, Fredeliza (January 2009). "A Study of the Animal Bones Recovered from Pits 9 and 10 at the Site of Nagsabaran in Northern Luzon, Philippines". Hukay. 14: 47–90.
  5. ^ van der Geer, Alexandra. "Trends of body size evolution in the fossil record of insular Southeast Asia" (PDF). Naturalis Biodiversity Center.