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Strozzi's pig (Sus strozzi)
202140202140Strozzi's pig (†Sus strozzi (Forsyth Major, 1881))
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Temporal range: Pliocene–Early Pleistocene of Mediterranean region (Europe, 1 million years ago)
Dimensions: length - 170-200 cm, height - 100-120 cm, weight - 100- 250 kg.
Sus strozzi was a suid native to the Mediterranean region of Europe. It was more ancient than the boar, and was eventually displaced by the latter when it entered Europe during the start of the Pleistocene, 1 Mya. Sus strozzi was larger than the modern day wild boar. A skeleton from a young specimen indicates an animal of 150 cm , while incomplete remains from an adult indicate an animal with a head-and-body length of 183 cm. One recently found fossil was a 35 cm jawbone from a male, much larger than the jawbone of any modern day species of Sus. It was possibly adapted to a swamp environment, and may have been ancestral to the modern Javan warty pig.
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Strozzi's pig (†Sus strozzi (Forsyth Major, 1881))
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Genus: Sus
Temporal range: Pliocene–Early Pleistocene of Mediterranean region (Europe, 1 million years ago)
Dimensions: length - 170-200 cm, height - 100-120 cm, weight - 100- 250 kg.
Sus strozzi was a suid native to the Mediterranean region of Europe. It was more ancient than the boar, and was eventually displaced by the latter when it entered Europe during the start of the Pleistocene, 1 Mya. Sus strozzi was larger than the modern day wild boar. A skeleton from a young specimen indicates an animal of 150 cm , while incomplete remains from an adult indicate an animal with a head-and-body length of 183 cm. One recently found fossil was a 35 cm jawbone from a male, much larger than the jawbone of any modern day species of Sus. It was possibly adapted to a swamp environment, and may have been ancestral to the modern Javan warty pig.
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