Suina
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| Potamochoerus porcus | |
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| Suborder: | Suina Gray, 1868
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The suborder Suina (also known Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaic even-toed ungulates.
Classification[change | change source]
This suborden Suina includes family Suidae (pigs, hogs) and the family Tayassuidae (peccaries). Older morphogical studies also identified family Hippopotamidae (hippos) among the Suina.
