Metridiochoerus compactus (Van Hoepen & Van Hoepen, 1932)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene?

Distribution

Zimbabwe

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Cruz-Uribe K. 1983 The mammalian fauna from Redcliff Cave, Zimbabwe. The South African Archaeological Bulletin 38(137), 7-16.

Frost, Stephen R. et al. (2012). Refined age estimates and Paleoanthropological investigation of the Manyara Beds, Tanzania. Journal of Anthropological Sciences 90: 1-12.

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

Smith F.A., Lyons S.K., Ernest S.K.M., Jones K.E., Kaufman D.M., Dayan T., Marquet P.A., Brown J.H., Haskell J.P. 2003 Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84(12), 3403-3403.

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