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Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xenohyus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe. [1][2]
Xenohyus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | †Xenohyus Ginsburg, 1980 |
Species: | †X. venitor |
Binomial name | |
†Xenohyus venitor Ginsburg, 1980 | |
It showed many similarities to peccaries rather than modern pigs.
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