Suidae

pigs and hogs

The family Suidae contains eight genera* of pigs, five of which are still existent.

• Babyrousa:
  • Babyrousa babyrussa: Babirusa. Looks like a hippo. Big tusks. May be more closely related to the hippos.
• Hylochoerus:
  • Hylochoerus meinertzhageni: Giant Forest Hog.
• Phacochoerus:
  • Phacochoerus aethiopicus: Warthog.
• Potamochoerus:
  • Potamochoerus porcus: African Bush Pig or Red River Hog.
• Sus:
  • Sus barbatus, the Bearded Pig.
  • Sus salvanius, The Pigmy Hog
  • Sus scrofa, The European Wild Boar, and the Common Domesticated Pig. Lots of subspecies.
  • Sus verrucosus, The Javan Warty Pig.

  Suids originally occurred across Eurasia south of 48° N, on islands as far away as the Phillipines and Sulawesi, and throughout Africa. They first appeared in the early Oligocene era, and are still going strong.

  Suids are medium sized mammals, with a pointed head, short legs, and a stocky body. They have a two-chambered, simple, nonruminating stomach. They have a cartilaginous snout used for digging. Each foot has four toes, the middle two are flattened and form hooves. The other two do not reach the ground. They have long, sharp teeth, and the canines often form tusks, especially in the males. They are omnivorous.

  Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
  Subphylum: Vertebrata
  Class: Mammalia
  Subclass: Eutheria
  Order: Artiodactyla
  Suborder: Suina
  Family: Suidae

  * Sometimes they are grouped into three subfamilies, Suinae, for Sus, Potamochoerus, and Hylochoerus; Phacochoerinae, for Phacochoerus; and Babyrousinae, for Babyrousa (Simpson 1984).

  http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/artiodactyla.suidae.html
  http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/warp/mammals-English-list.html#mammalia
  http://www.animal-information.com
  http://www.ultimateungulate.com
  Others.