巨疣豬

巨疣猪属
化石时期:晚上新世至早更新世
M. hopwoodi 下顎化石
科学分类
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 哺乳纲 Mammalia
目: 偶蹄目 Artiodactyla
科: 猪科 Suidae
属: 巨疣猪属 Metridiochoerus
Hopwood, 1926
  • M. andrewsi
  • M. compactus
  • M. hopwoodi
  • M. jacksoni
  • M. meadowsi
  • M. modestus

巨疣豬Metridiochoerus)是已滅絕,生存於上新世更新世非洲

描述

復原圖

巨疣豬長1.5(4.9英尺),外表類似現存的疣豬,並有兩對向兩側伸出及向上彎曲的獠牙。牠的臼齒複雜且有多齒,故被認為是雜食性[1]

參考

  1. Palmer, D. (编). . London: Marshall Editions. 1999: 269. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.
  • Barry Cox, Colin Harrison, R.J.G. Savage, and Brian Gardiner. (1999): The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of Prehistoric Life. Simon & Schuster.
  • David Norman . (2001): The Big Book Of Dinosaurs. pg. 226, Walcome books.
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