Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Suidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 231606

Full reference: O. Thomas. 1904. The Forest-pig of Central Africa. Nature 70:577

Belongs to Hylochoerus according to J. Peters 1990

Sister taxon: Hylochoerus euilus

Type specimen: Nandi, a skull

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 276.0, humerus length 271.0, radius length 183.0, scapula 233.0 x 151.0, skull 414.8 x 218.5, tibia length 228.0, ulna length 255.0

Estimated body mass: 56.0 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length