Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Suborder Suina
Gray, 1868 Lifespan Javan warty pig: 8 years | Phylum Chordata Clade Artiofabula Scientific name Suina Higher classification Even-toed ungulate | |
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Height Wild boar: 55 – 110 cm, Common warthog: 64 – 85 cm, Palawan bearded pig: 100 cm Mass Wild boar: 50 – 90 kg, Common warthog: 60 – 150 kg, Javan warty pig: 44 – 110 kg Gestation period Wild boar: 115 days, Common warthog: 152 – 183 days, Javan warty pig: 122 days Lower classifications Pig, Hogs and pigs, Peccary, Phacochoerus, Babirusa | ||
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The suborder Suina (also known as Suiformes) is a lineage of omnivorous non-ruminant artiodactyl mammals that includes the pigs and peccaries of the families Suidae and Tayassuidae and their fossil kin. Hippopotamidae had historically been classified among the Suina for morphological reasons, but is now more often classified as the sister group of the whales, or Cetacea.
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Classification
The suborder Suina includes Suidae (pig family) and Tayassuidae (peccary family).
The Merycoidodonts, or "oreodonts", a branch of the tylopoda, were often considered suines due to the popular, though inaccurate, description of them as "ruminating hogs". Oreodonts were not suines, they were more closely related to camels. Similarly, the entelodonts had long been classified as members of Suina. Spaulding et al. have found them to be closer to whales, than to pigs in her Cetacodontamorpha.
Some morphological studies have suggested that the hippopotamus family Hippopotamidae was part of the Suina, but a growing body of morphological and genetic evidence has suggested that they share a common ancestor not with the Suina, but with Cetaceans—the clade that includes whales and dolphins. Whales and artiodactyls form a clade called Whippomorpha.
The most recent research into the origins of hippopotamidae suggests that hippos and whales shared a common semi-aquatic ancestor that branched off from other Artiodactyls around 60 million years ago. Descendants of this hypothesized ancestor likely split into two branches around 54 million years ago. One branch would evolve into cetaceans, possibly beginning with the proto-whale Pakicetus from 52 million years ago and other early whale ancestors, known as Archaeoceti, which eventually underwent aquatic adaptation into the almost completely aquatic cetaceans.
Anatomy
The anatomy of the Suina differs from other even-toed ungulates. For example, they have maxillary (upper) teeth in front, which allows for the proper chewing of food. In contrast, other even-toed ungulates, such as goats and deer, have front teeth only on the bottom; this does not let them chew very well, thus they swallow and regurgitate their food to allow rumination.
Most even-toed ungulates have a four-chambered stomach. In contrast, the Suina have a simple stomach that allows an omnivorous diet.
Most members of Suina have toes rather than hooves. While most artiodactyls have long slender legs, the Suina generally have short, stubby legs.