Nyanzachoerus

Nyanzachoerus
Temporal range:
Nyanzachoerus khinzir skull in lateral and ventral view
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Tetraconodontinae
Genus: Nyanzachoerus
Leakey, 1958
Type species
Nyanzachoerus syrticus
Species
  • N. syrticus
  • N. kanamensis
  • N. devauxi
  • N. jaegeri
  • N. waylandi
  • N. pattersoni
  • N. tulotos
  • N. plicatus
  • N. australis
  • N. khinzir
  • N. nakaliensis

Nyanzachoerus is an extinct genus of the pig family (Suidae) belonging to the subfamily Tetraconodontinae. The several species of Nyanzachoerus lived in Africa from the Miocene to Pliocene.