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GENUS Phacochoerus
Author: | F. Cuvier, 1826. | Citation: | Dict. Sci. Nat., 39: 383. | Type Species: | Aper aethiopicus Pallas, 1766. | Comments: | Senior synonyms of Phacochoerus F. Cuvier, 1826 and most junior synonyms have been supressed by Opinion 466 (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1957g), which, together with Morrison-Scott (1955) should be consulted for dates and authors cited here. Parapatric distribution of species of Phacochoerus in the Horn of Africa reviewed by d'Huart and Grubb (2001); genetic divergence in these species described by Randi et al. (2002). |
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| Offspring: SPECIES aethiopicus SUBSPECIES aethiopicus SUBSPECIES delamerei SPECIES africanus SUBSPECIES africanus SUBSPECIES aeliani SUBSPECIES massaicus SUBSPECIES sundevallii | Synonyms:
Aper Pallas, 1766 Dinochoerus Gloger, 1841 Eureodon G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 Macrocephalus Frisch, 1775 Macrocephalus Palmer, 1904 Phacellochaerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 Phacellochoerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1832 Phacochaeres Gray, 1821 Phacocherus Fleming, 1822 Phacochoerus G. Cuvier, 1816 Phascochaeres Cretzschmar, 1828 Phascochaerus Desmarest, 1822 Phascochoeres Ranzani, 1821 Phascochoerus Ranzani, 1821
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