Doliochoerus

Doliochoerus Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Genus:	† Doliochoerus
Species:	†D. quercyi
Binomial name
†Doliochoerus quercyi Filhol, 1882

Doliochoerus is an extinct genus of suoid ungulate that lived in Western Europe during the Oligocene epoch. ^[1]

Description

The body masses of Doliochoerus quercyi specimens from Garouillas and Pech Desse in France have been estimated as 20 kg and 26 kg, respectively. Remains of Doliochoerus not diagnostic to the species level from Pech Desse indicate it could have weighed up to 50 kg. ^[2]

Extinction

Doliochoerus disappeared from Europe at the terminus of the Oligocene, together with Anthracotherium magnum and Microbunodon minimus . ^[3]

References

1. "PBDB Taxon" . Retrieved 18 January 2026.
2. Martinez, Jean‐Noël; Sudre, Jean (1 September 1995). "The astragalus of Paleogene artiodactyls: comparative morphology, variability and prediction of body mass". Lethaia . 28 (3): 197–209. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1995.tb01423.x. ISSN   0024-1164 . Retrieved 18 January 2026– via Scandinavian University Press.
3. Scherler, Laureline; Mennecart, Bastien; Hiard, Florent; Becker, Damien (20 November 2013). "Evolutionary history of hoofed mammals during the Oligocene–Miocene transition in Western Europe". Swiss Journal of Geosciences . 106 (2): 349–369. doi:10.1007/s00015-013-0140-x. ISSN   1661-8726 . Retrieved 19 January 2026– via Springer Nature Link.