Suina

Suina

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Suborder:	Suina

Families

Suidae
Tayassuidae
Hippopotamidae

The Suina contains the earliest and most archaic Artiodactyla.

There are three families alive today:

Family Suidae (pigs)
Family Tayassuidae (peccaries)
Family Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses).

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