Metridiochoerus Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene
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Jaw of M. hopwoodi at National Museum of Natural History | |
M. andrewsi (centre) compared to a living Desert warthog (left) and Notochoerus eulius (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | Suinae |
Genus: | †Metridiochoerus Hopwood, 1926 |
Type species | |
†Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood, 1926
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Species | |
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Metridiochoerus is an extinct genus of swine known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Africa. It is also known as the giant warthog.