Kolpochoerus

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Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides is an extinct relative of the Bush Pig of African forests.

First cited as THOMAS, P. 1884. Recherches stratigraphiques et paléontologiques sur quelques formations d’eau douce de l’Algérie. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, 3ème série, 3, 1–50. ISSN 0078-8554 Palaeont. afr. (December 2004) 40: 69–83 83

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http://www.ivry.cnrs.fr/deh/geraads/aao/wkolpo.htm

New skulls of Kolpochoerus phacochoeroides (Suidae: Mammalia) from the late Pliocene of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco Denis Geraads UPR 2147 du CNRS, 44 rue de l’Amiral Mouchez, 75014 PARIS, France E-mail: dgeraads@ivry.cnrs.fr Received 10 August 2004. Accepted 20 December 2004. http://www.ivry.cnrs.fr/deh/geraads/geraa194.pdf