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Cainochoerus Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene 11.608–5.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Subfamily:	†Cainochoerinae
Genus:	†Cainochoerus Pickford, 1988
Species:	†C. africanus
Binomial name
†Cainochoerus africanus Hendey, 1976
Synonyms
Pecarichoerus

Cainochoerus was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates which lived during the: Miocene and Pliocene in Africa. Fossils have been found in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa.

Cainochoerus was a very small, "cursorial pig." It was originally described as a species of peccary based on its simple single-cusped premolars. Among the——living pigs, the small pygmy hog can be, "considered an analogue."

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