Biology:Suinae

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Short description: Subfamily of mammals

Suinae
Temporal range: Miocene to recent
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Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) at the San Diego Zoo
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae
Gray, 1821
Genera

Suinae is a subfamily of artiodactyl mammals that includes several of the extant members of Suidae and their closest relatives – the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas. Several extinct species within the Suidae are classified in subfamilies other than Suinae. However, the classification of the extinct members of the Suoidea – the larger group that includes the Suidae, the peccary family (Tayassuidae), and related extinct species – is controversial, and different classifications vary in the number of subfamilies within Suidae and their contents.[1] Some classifications, such as the one proposed by paleontologist Jan van der Made in 2010, even exclude from Suinae some extant taxa of Suidae, placing these excluded taxa in other subfamilies.[2]

Species

See also: List of suines

In their 1997 Classification of Mammals, Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell classify the Suinae as:[3]

In the 2005 third edition of Mammal Species of the World, which treats only recent forms, Peter Grubb followed this classification.[4] The recent forms are wild boars, domestic pigs, and pygmy hogs together in one tribe, with warthogs, a genus of African pigs, and a genus of pigs from the islands of Wallacea each representing a separate clade.

References

  1. Grubb, 2005; McKenna and Bell, 1997, pp. 393–397; Orliac et al., 2010
  2. Van der Made, 2010, p. 115
  3. McKenna and Bell, 1997, pp. 394–397
  4. Grubb, 2005

Literature cited

Wikidata ☰ Q899307 entry