Suina

Suina
Potamochoerus porcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Suina Gray,1868
Families
Suidae Tayassuidae Entelodontidae† ?Merycoidodontidae†

The suborderSuina(also known Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaiceven-toed ungulates.

Classification

This suborden Suina includes familySuidae(pigs, hogs) and the familyTayassuidae(peccaries). Older morphogical studies also identified familyHippopotamidae(hippos) among the Suina.

Related pages

• Cetartiodactyla