Celebochoerus

Celebochoerus Temporal range: 2.588–0.781  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
C. heekereni at the Bandung Geological Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Suidae
Genus:	† Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948
Type species
†Celebochoerus heekereni
Species
C. cagayanensis C. heekereni

Celebochoerus is an extinct genus of giant suid artiodactyl that existed during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Celebochoerus heekereni), ^{[1] [2]} and the middle Pleistocene of Luzon, in the Philippines (Celebochoerus cagayanensis). ^[3]

It is not thought to be closely related to Babyrousa , and seems to be quite distinct from any other known suid. ^[4]

It has been suggested that its extinction is correlated with the geographical expansion of anoa, babirusa and Celebes warty pig ranges. ^[5]

References

1. "Fossilworks: Celebochoerus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
2. "PBDB". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 2017-03-19.
3. Ingicco, Thomas (January 2016). "A new species of Celebochoerus (Suidae, Mammalia) from the Philippines and the paleobiogeography of the genus Celebochoerus Hooijer, 1948". University of Wollongong.
4. Groves, C. (1 June 2001). "Mammals in Sulawesi: Where did they come from and when, and what happened to them when they got there?". In Metcalfe, I.; Smith, J. M.B.; Morwood, M.; Davidson, I. (eds.). Faunal and Floral Migration and Evolution in SE Asia-Australasia. CRC Press. pp. 333–342. ISBN   978-90-5809-349-3.
5. Frantz, Laurent A. F.; Rudzinski, Anna; Mansyursyah Surya Nugraha, Abang; Evin, Allowen; Burton, James; Hulme-Beaman, Ardern; Linderholm, Anna; Barnett, Ross; Vega, Rodrigo; Irving-Pease, Evan K.; Haile, James; Allen, Richard; Leus, Kristin; Shephard, Jill; Hillyer, Mia; Gillemot, Sarah; van den Hurk, Jeroen; Ogle, Sharron; Atofanei, Cristina; Thomas, Mark G.; Johansson, Friederike; Haris Mustari, Abdul; Williams, John; Mohamad, Kusdiantoro; Siska Damayanti, Chandramaya; Djuwita Wiryadi, Ita; Obbles, Dagmar; Mona, Stephano; Day, Hally; Yasin, Muhammad; Meker, Stefan; McGuire, Jimmy A.; Evans, Ben J.; von Rintelen, Thomas; Ho, Simon Y. W.; Searle, Jeremy B.; Kitchener, Andrew C.; Macdonald, Alastair A.; Shaw, Darren J.; Hall, Robert; Galbusera, Peter; Larson, Greger (1876). "Synchronous diversification of Sulawesi's iconic artiodactyls driven by recent geological events". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285 20172566. doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2566. PMC   5904307 . PMID   29643207.