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Taxon: Family Suidae Gray, 1821 - pigs (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Subsequent positions

Suoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Babyrousinae (Subfamily) (Gray, 1868) Thenius, 1970
Questionably Cainochoerus (Genus) Pickford, 1988
Questionably Hemichoerus (Genus) Filhol, 1882
Questionably Hyotheriinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1888
Questionably Kubanochoerinae (Subfamily) Gabunia, 1958
Questionably Listriodontinae (Subfamily) Lydekker, 1884
Questionably Namachoerinae (Subfamily) Pickford, 1995
Questionably Palaeochoerinae (Subfamily) Matthew, 1924
Questionably Paradoxodonides (Genus) Strand, 1943
Questionably Phacochoerinae (Subfamily) (Gray, 1868) van Hoepen & van Hoepen, 1932
Questionably Suinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Tetraconodontinae (Subfamily) Lydekker, 1876

Current position

Suoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 393.

Alternative positions

Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Suiformes (Suborder) Jaeckel, 1911 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Suina (Suborder) Gray, 1868 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Suina (Infraorder) Gray, 1868 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Historical positions

Suina (Suborder) Gray, 1868 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Suiformes (Suborder) Jaeckel, 1911 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 444.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 2005: 637.
Suiformes (Suborder) Jaeckel, 1911 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 401.
Suoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 393.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: 1995
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: P. Grubb, 1993: 377; 6.
Artiodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 125.
Suoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 640.
Suiformes (Suborder) Jaeckel, 1911 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1058.
Suiformes (Suborder) Jaeckel, 1911 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Suoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Suina (Infraorder) Gray, 1868 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 5g;19s;40ss; ‡2ss; †38g;14s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Apr 2021 [5g;19s;40ss; †38g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59 6g;17s
2005 P. Grubb: 643 [5g;19s;40ss; ‡2ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [5g; †38g]
1993 P. Grubb 5g;16s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [5g];8[9]s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 5g;8s
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024