Nguruwe
Nguruwe Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Subfamily: | †Hyotheriinae |
Genus: | †Nguruwe Pickford, 1986 |
Type species | |
†Nguruwe kijivium Pickford, 1986 | |
Species | |
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Nguruwe was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Africa.[1][2][3] It was formerly considered a member of the subfamily Listriodontinae, but has since been placed in Hyotheriinae.[4]
The word "Nguruwe" is the Swahili word for pig.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Nguruwe". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Kubanochoerinae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ "Hogs and Pigs - Suidae - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- ^ Maeva, J.O.; et al. (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Suidae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla): new insights on the relationships within Suoidea". Zoologica Scripta. 39 (4): 315–330. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00431.x. S2CID 83534485.