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Sus
C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Eurasian pigs
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Scrotifera
......................................................................................Fereuungulata
........................................................................................Euungulata
..........................................................................................Mirorder Eparctocyona
............................................................................................Order Cetartiodactyla
..............................................................................................Suborder Suina
................................................................................................Superfamily Suoidea
..................................................................................................Family Suidae - pigs
....................................................................................................Subfamily Suinae
......................................................................................................Tribe Suini
........................................................................................................Genus †Eumaiochoerus
........................................................................................................Genus †Hippopotamodon
........................................................................................................Genus †Korynochoerus
........................................................................................................Genus †Microstonyx
........................................................................................................Genus Sus - Eurasian pigs
..........................................................................................................Species †Sus australis
..........................................................................................................Species Sus barbatus - bearded pig
..........................................................................................................Species Sus bucculentus
..........................................................................................................Species Sus cebifrons
..........................................................................................................Species Sus celebensis - Celebes wild boar
..........................................................................................................Species Sus heureni
..........................................................................................................Species †Sus nanus
..........................................................................................................Species Sus philippensis
..........................................................................................................Species Sus salvanius - pygmy hog
..........................................................................................................Species Sus scrofa - wild boar
..........................................................................................................Species Sus timoriensis
..........................................................................................................Species Sus verrucosus - Javan pig
..........................................................................................................(Species †Sus austrails)
..........................................................................................................(Species Sus babyrussa)
..........................................................................................................(Species Sus domesticus) - domestic pig
..........................................................................................................(Species Sus hydrochaeris)
..........................................................................................................(Species Sus porcus)
..........................................................................................................(Species Sus tajacu)
..........................................................................................................(Subgenus Sus subg. Pecari)
Authorship
Unavailable original name
Linnaeus, C. 1735. Lugduni Batavorum, Apud Theodorum Haak..
: [10]
Unavailable original rank
Original name
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. nat., ed. 10. 1..
: 49
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Types
Type of
Suini
(Tribe)
(Gray, 1821) L.S.B. Leakey, 1965
Type, by original designation
Sus scrofa
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
Sus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Bestiae
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Subsequent position
Belluae
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
[
C. Linnaeus, 1766
: 102
]
Subsequent position
Suini
(Tribe)
(Gray, 1821) L.S.B. Leakey, 1965
Vernacular Names
Dutch
:
wilde zwijnen
English
:
boars; Eurasian pigs; hogs; pigs
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
10s;14ss; †2s
1993
P. Grubb
[10s]
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[5s]
1982
A.F. DeBlase
[4s]
1758
C. Linnaeus
[4s;3v]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012