Kolpochoerus

Kolpochoerus Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Genus:	Kolpochoerus
Species
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 savannas. There are currently 8 recognized species.

Species

In taxonomic order: Genus: Kolpochoerus

• Kolpochoerus deheinzelini (Deheinzel’s Prehistoric Hog)

Extinct—Early Pliocene—Chad, Ethiopia

• Kolpochoerus afarensis (Afar Prehistoric Hog)

Extinct—Pliocene—East Africa

• Kolpochoerus cookei (Cook’s Prehistoric Hog)

Extinct—Late Pliocene—Ethiopia

• Kolpochoerus heseloni (Heselon’s Prehistoric Hog)

Extinct—Plio-Pleistocene (2.5 mya)—East Africa

• Kolpochoerus olduviaensis (Olduvian Prehistoric Hog)

Extinct—Plio-Pleistocene (2.5 mya)—East Africa

• Kolpochoerus majus

Extinct—Pleistocene—East Africa

• 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

• 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.