| Kolpochoerus Temporal range: Zanclean to Pleistocene
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| Kolpochoerus limnetes skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | †Kolpochoerus van Hoepen and van Hoepen, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| †Kolpochoerus heseloni Leakey, 1943[1]
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Kolpochoerus is an extinct genus of the pig family Suidae related to the modern-day genera Hylochoerus, Phacochoerus, and Potamochoerus. It is believed that most of them inhabited African forests, as opposed to the bushpig and red river hog that inhabit open brush and savannas. There are currently eleven recognized species.
- ^ Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780801887352.