Suina

Suina
Potamochoerus porcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Suina Gray, 1868
Families
Suidae  Tayassuidae  Entelodontidae †  ?Merycoidodontidae †

The suborder Suina (also known Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaic even-toed ungulates.

This suborden Suina includes family Suidae (pigs, hogs) and the family Tayassuidae (peccaries). Older morphogical studies also identified family Hippopotamidae (hippos) among the Suina.

• Cetartiodactyla

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