Hyotherium was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates under the Hyotheriinae group (a group that also consists of Chicochoerus, Xenohyus and more) of the Suidae family. It existed during the Miocene in Europe and Perim Island, India. It was named by Von Mayer in 1834.[1]
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Hyotherium lacaillei Left Mandible - Holotype MHNT -
Hyotherium soemmeringi jaw
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| Hyotherium | |
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| Hyotherium major skull, MNHN | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hyotheriinae |
| Genus: | †Hyotherium von Meyer, 1834 |
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| †Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer, 1834
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References
edit- ^ Lydekker, R. (1887). "Description of a Jaw of Hyotherium, from the Pliocene of India". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 43 (1–4): 19–99. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1887.043.01-04.05. S2CID 129795498.
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