Hippohyini
| Hippohyini Temporal range:
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| A Hippohyus sivalensis skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | Suinae |
| Tribe: | †Hippohyini Thenius, 1970 |
Hippohyini was an extinct tribe of Suinae which existed in Asia during the Pliocene.[1][2]
Genera
[edit]Hippohyini has three genera;
- †Hippohyus Falconer & Cautley, 1847 - Pliocene[3]
- †Sinohyus von Koenigswald, 1963 - Pliocene[4]
- †Sivahyus Pilgrim, 1926 - Pliocene[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mammal Species of the World - Browse". www.departments.bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ^ Orliac, Maeva J.; Pierre‐Olivier, Antoine; Ducrocq, Stephane (2010). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Suidae". Zoologica Scripta. 39 (4): 315–330. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00431.x. S2CID 83534485.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Hippohyus". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Sinohyus". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Sivahyus". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.