Hippohyus

Hippohyus
Skull, Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Cetartiodactyla
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Genus: Hippohyus
Falconer and Cautley, 1847
Species
  • Hippohyus sivalensis

Hippohyus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived in the Miocene.[1]

References

  1. Lewis, G. E. (1934). "Preliminary notice of a new species of Hippohyus from India". American Journal of Science (162): 457–459. doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-27.162.457.
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