Celebochoerus Temporal range:
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C. heekereni at the Bandung Geological Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Suidae |
Genus: | †
Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948 |
Type species | |
†Celebochoerus heekereni | |
Species | |
Celebochoerus is an extinct genus of giant suid artiodactyl that existed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Celebochoerus heekereni), [1] [2] and the middle Pleistocene of Luzon, in the Philippines (Celebochoerus cagayanensis). [3]
It is not thought to be closely related to Babyrousa, and seems to be quite distinct from any other known suid. [4]
It has been suggested that its extinction is correlated with the geographical expansion of anoa, babirusa and Celebes warty pig ranges. [5]