Celebochoerus cagayanensis
Celebochoerus cagayanensis is an extinct species of suid in the genus Celebochoerus. The first fossil specimen was discovered in 2016 in the Philippines.[1] It differs from the Sulawesi species Celebochoerus heekereni in that it has mesial and distal enamel bands on its upper canines.[1] It also has huge upper tusks.[2] The animal's features are symplesiomorphic in suids,[3] indicating a Philippines to Sulawesi migration route.[4] They can be viewed at the National Museum of the Philippines.[5]
| Celebochoerus cagayanensis Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: | †Celebochoerus |
| Species: | †C. cagayanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Celebochoerus cagayanensis Ingicco et al 2016 | |
References
- Ingicco, Thomas. "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". University of Wollongong.
- Ingicco, Thomas; van den Bergh, Gert; de Vos, John; Castro, Abigael; Amano, Noel; Bautista, Angel (July 2016). "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". Geobios. 49 (4): 285–291. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2016.05.006. ISSN 0016-6995.
- "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948☆ | Sci-napse | Academic search engine for paper". Scinapse. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
- Piper, Philip; Campos, Fredeliza. "A Study of the Animal Bones Recovered from Pits 9 and 10 at the Site of Nagsabaran in Northern Luzon, Philippines". Hukay. 14: 47–90.
- van der Geer, Alexandra. "Trends of body size evolution in the fossil record of insular Southeast Asia" (PDF). Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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