Potamochoerus Gray 1852

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 639

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scientific name	Potamochoerus Gray 1852
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Potamochoerus Gray 1852 View in CoL

Potamochoerus Gray 1852 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1852: 129.

Type Species: Choiropotamus pictus Gray 1852

Synonyms: Choiropotamus Gray 1843 ; Koiropotamus Gray 1843 ; Nyctochoerus Heuglin 1863 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 6 subspecies:

Species Potamochoerus larvatus (F. Cuvier 1822)

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. larvatus F. Cuvier 1822

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. edwardsi A. Grandidier 1867

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. hassama Heuglin 1863

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. koiropotamus Desmoulins 1831

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. nyasae Forsyth Major 1897

Subspecies Potamochoerus larvatus subsp. somaliensis De Beaux 1924

Species Potamochoerus porcus ( Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: Revised by de Beaux (1924).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Suidae

Potamochoerus Gray 1852

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Potamochoerus

Gray 1852: 129

1852

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