Xenohyus
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Xenohyus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Suidae |
| Genus: |
†Xenohyus Ginsburg, 1980 |
| Species: |
†X. venitor
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| Binomial name | |
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†Xenohyus venitor Ginsburg, 1980
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Xenohyus was an extinct genus of suids that existed during the Miocene in Europe.
It showed many similarities to peccaries rather than modern pigs.