Dasychoerus Gray, 1873
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https://doi.org/10.5252/g2016n1a5 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7A44CAF1-59EB-4024-A261-6F69CBE8634E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5207794 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E251311-B43F-3054-2CD2-FEA6FAC8FD5A |
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Felipe |
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Dasychoerus Gray, 1873 |
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Genus Dasychoerus Gray, 1873
GENERIC DIAGNOSIS. — Suinae with verrucosic male lower canines, relatively narrow parietal region of the skull slightly convex transversely; gently undulating dorsal skull profile; widely diverging zygomatic arches tending to be broader in the middle than at the rear, zygoma inflated; laterally expanded nasals; large and rugose supra-canine flange (in males, more gracile in females), elongated rostrum; thickened mandibular body (pachygnathy Arambourg 1947) (modified and extended from descriptions in Azzaroli 1954 and Berdondini 1992).
TYPE SPECIES. — Sus verrucosus Müller & Schlegel, 1845 .
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