What is Suina?
{{Taxobox | name = Suina | image = Lightmatter unidentified pig-like animal.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Potamochoerus porcus]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Artiodactyla]] | subordo = '''Suina''' | subordo_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1868 | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = &nbsp;[[Suidae]]<br /> &nbsp;[[Tayassuidae]]<br /> &nbsp;[[Entelodontidae]] †<br /> &nbsp;?[[Merycoidodontidae]] † }} The suborder '''Suina''' (also known Suiformes) contains perhaps the earliest and most archaic [[even-toed ungulates]]. == Classification == This suborden Suina includes family [[Suidae]] (pigs, hogs) and the family [[Tayassuidae]] ([[peccary|peccaries]]). Older morphogical studies also identified family [[Hippopotamidae]] ([[hippopotamus|hippos]]) among the Suina. ==Related pages== * [[Cetartiodactyla]] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Even-toed ungulates]]