Metridiochoerus
| Metridiochoerus Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene | |
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| Jaw of M. hopwoodi at National Museum of Natural History | |
| M. andrewsi (centre) compared to a living Desert warthog (left) and Notochoerus eulius (right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Subfamily: | Suinae |
| Genus: | †Metridiochoerus Hopwood, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| †Metridiochoerus andrewsi Hopwood, 1926 | |
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Metridiochoerus is an extinct genus of swine known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Africa. It is also known as the giant warthog.