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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Celebochoerus
Species:
C. cagayanensis
Binomial name
Celebochoerus cagayanensis
Ingicco et al 2016

References

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  1. ^ a b Ingicco, Thomas. "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". University of Wollongong.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Piper, Philip; Campos, Fredeliza (January 2009). "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.
  5. ^ van der Geer, Alexandra. "Trends of body size evolution in the fossil record of insular Southeast Asia" (PDF). Naturalis Biodiversity Center.