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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic Taxobox
|name = ''Kolpochoerus''
|fossil_range = [[Zanclean]] to [[Pleistocene]] {{fossilrange|5.3|.0126}}
|image =
|image = Kolpochoerus limnetes.JPG
|image_caption =
|image_caption = ''Kolpochoerus limnetes'' skull
|fossil_range = Late [[Pliocene]]
|taxon = Kolpochoerus
|regnum = [[Animal]]ia
|authority = van Hoepen and van Hoepen, 1932
|phylum = [[Chordata]]
|type_species = '''''Kolpochoerus heseloni'''''
|classis = [[Mammalia]]
|type_species_authority = Leakey, 1943<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prothero |first1=Donald R. |title=The Evolution of Artiodactyls |date=2007 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9780801887352 |page=148}}</ref>
|ordo = [[Artiodactyla]]
|familia = [[Suidae]]
|genus = '''''Kolpochoerus'''''
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
|subdivision = See text
''K. phacochoeroides''
}}
}}
'''''Kolpochoerus''''' is a genus containing extinct relatives of the modern-day genera [[Hylochoerus]] and [[Potamochoerus]]. It is believed that most of them inhabited [[African]] forests, as opposed to the [[Bushpig]] and [[Red River Hog]] that inhabit open [[brush]] and [[savanna|savannas]]. There are currently 8 recognized [[species]].
'''''Kolpochoerus''''' is an [[extinct]] genus of the pig family [[Suidae]] related to the modern-day genera ''[[Hylochoerus]]'', ''[[Phacochoerus]]'', and ''[[Potamochoerus]]''. It is believed that most of them inhabited [[Africa]]n forests, as opposed to the [[bushpig]] and [[red river hog]] that inhabit open [[brush]] and [[savanna]]s. There are currently eleven recognized [[species]].


==Species==
==Species==
[[File:Kolpochoerus limnetes 3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The restoration of Kolpochoerus limentes]]
In [[taxonomy|taxonomic]] order:

Genus: [[Kolpochoerus]]
In [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] order:{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}
*[[Kolpochoerus deheinzelini]] (Deheinzel’s Prehistoric Hog)
*Genus †''Kolpochoerus''
[[Extinct]]—[[Early Pliocene]]—[[Chad]], [[Ethiopia]]
** ''K. deheinzelini'' — [[Chad]], [[Ethiopia]] ([[Early Pliocene]])
*[[Kolpochoerus afarensis]] (Afar Prehistoric Hog)
[[Extinct]][[Pliocene]]—[[East Africa]]
** ''K. afarensis'' - [[eastern Africa]] ([[Pliocene]])
** ''K. limnetes''- [[eastern Africa]] ([[Plio-Pleistocene]])
*[[Kolpochoerus cookei]] (Cook’s Prehistoric Hog)
** ''K. millensis'' — Central Afar, Ethiopia ([[Pliocene]])
[[Extinct]]—[[Late Pliocene]]—[[Ethiopia]]
** ''K. cookei'' - Ethiopia ([[Late Pliocene]])
*[[Kolpochoerus heseloni]] (Heselon’s Prehistoric Hog)
[[Extinct]]—[[Plio-Pleistocene]] (2.5 mya)—[[East Africa]]
** ''K. heseloni'' - eastern Africa ([[Plio-Pleistocene]])
** ''K. olduvaiensis'' - eastern Africa (Pleistocene)
*[[Kolpochoerus olduviaensis]] (Olduvian Prehistoric Hog)
** ''K. majus'' - eastern Africa ([[Pleistocene]])
[[Extinct]]—[[Plio-Pleistocene]] (2.5 mya)—[[East Africa]]
** ''K. phacochoeroides'' - [[Morocco]] (Late Pliocene)
*[[Kolpochoerus majus]]
** ''K. paiceae'' - [[South Africa]] (Pleistocene)
[[Extinct]]—[[Pleistocene]]—[[East Africa]]
** ''K. phillipi'' - [[Ethiopia]] (Pleistocene)
*[[Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides]] (Ahl al Oughlam Prehistoric Hog)
[[Extinct]]—[[Late Pliocene]]]] (2.5 mya)—[[Ahl al Oughlam]] [[Local Fauna]], [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]]
*[[Kolpochoerus paiceae]] (South African Prehistoric Hog)
[[Extinct]]—[[Pleistocene]]—[[South Africa]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* THOMAS, P. 1884. Recherches stratigraphiques et paléontologiques sur quelques formations d’eau douce de l’Algérie. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, 3ème série, 3, 1–50. ISSN 0078-8554 Palaeont. afr. (December 2004) 40: 69–83 83
* Thomas, P. 1884. Recherches stratigraphiques et paléontologiques sur quelques formations d’eau douce de l’Algérie. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, 3ème série, 3, 1–50. ISSN 0078-8554 Palaeont. afr. (December 2004) 40: 69–83 83
* New skulls of ''Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides'' (Suidae: Mammalia) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco Denis Geraads UPR 2147 du CNRS, 44 rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, 75014 PARIS, France Received 10 August 2004. Accepted 20 December 2004.
* New skulls of ''Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides'' (Suidae: Mammalia) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco Denis Geraads UPR 2147 du CNRS, 44 rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, 75014 PARIS, France Received 10 August 2004. Accepted 20 December 2004.
*Haile-Selassie, Y.; Simpson, S.W. 2013: A new species of Kolpochoerus (Mammalia: Suidae) from the Pliocene of Central Afar, Ethiopia: Its taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships. Journal of mammalian evolution, 20(2): 115–127. doi: 10.1007/s10914-012-9207-0 reference page

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[[Category:Prehistoric Suidae|¨]]
[[Category:Pleistocene mammals of Africa]]
[[Category:Pliocene mammals of Africa]]
[[Category:Pliocene Artiodactyla]]
[[Category:Pleistocene Artiodactyla]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1932]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera]]


[[Category:Prehistoric pigs]]


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Latest revision as of 12:39, 21 December 2023

Kolpochoerus
Temporal range: Zanclean to Pleistocene 5.3–.0126 Ma
Kolpochoerus limnetes skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Kolpochoerus
van Hoepen and van Hoepen, 1932
Type species
Kolpochoerus heseloni
Leakey, 1943[1]
Species

See text

Kolpochoerus is an extinct genus of the pig family Suidae related to the modern-day genera Hylochoerus, Phacochoerus, and Potamochoerus. It is believed that most of them inhabited African forests, as opposed to the bushpig and red river hog that inhabit open brush and savannas. There are currently eleven recognized species.

Species

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The restoration of Kolpochoerus limentes

In taxonomic order:[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 148. ISBN 9780801887352.
  • Thomas, P. 1884. Recherches stratigraphiques et paléontologiques sur quelques formations d’eau douce de l’Algérie. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, 3ème série, 3, 1–50. ISSN 0078-8554 Palaeont. afr. (December 2004) 40: 69–83 83
  • New skulls of Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides (Suidae: Mammalia) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco Denis Geraads UPR 2147 du CNRS, 44 rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, 75014 PARIS, France Received 10 August 2004. Accepted 20 December 2004.
  • Haile-Selassie, Y.; Simpson, S.W. 2013: A new species of Kolpochoerus (Mammalia: Suidae) from the Pliocene of Central Afar, Ethiopia: Its taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships. Journal of mammalian evolution, 20(2): 115–127. doi: 10.1007/s10914-012-9207-0 reference page