| Suina | |
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| Eight suine species (counter-clockwise from top left):red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus),collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu),pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus),north Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis),wild boar (Sus scrofa),pygmy hog (Porcula salvanius),common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus), andBornean bearded pig (Sus barbatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Clade: | Artiofabula |
| Suborder: | Suina Gray, 1868 |
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Suina (also known asSuiformes) is asuborder ofomnivorous, non-ruminantartiodactyl mammals that includes the domestic pig andpeccaries. A member of thisclade is known as asuine. Suina includes the familySuidae, termed suids, known in English as pigs or swine, as well as the familyTayassuidae, termed tayassuids or peccaries. Suines are largely native to Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, with the exception of thewild boar, which is additionally native to Europe and Asia and introduced to North America and Australasia, including widespread use in farming of thedomestic pig subspecies. Suines range in size from the 55 cm (22 in) longpygmy hog to the 210 cm (83 in) longgiant forest hog, and are primarily found in forest, shrubland, and grasslandbiomes, though some can be found in deserts, wetlands, or coastal regions. Most species do not have population estimates, though approximately two billion domestic pigs are used in farming, while several species are considered endangered or critically endangered with populations as low as 100. One species,Heude's pig, is considered by theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature to have gone extinct in the 20th century.
Suina's placement withinArtiodactyla can be represented in the followingcladogram:[1][2][3][4][5]
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The suborder Suina consists of 21extant species in nine genera. These are split between theSuidae family, containing 18 species belonging to 6 genera, and theTayassuidae family, containing 3 species in 3 genera. This does not includehybrid species such asboar–pig hybrids or extinct prehistoric species. Additionally, one species,Heude's pig, went extinct in the 20th century.
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