Lineage of omnivorous, non-ruminant artiodactyl mammals that includes the pigs and peccaries

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Suina

<p><b>Suina</b> (also known as <b>Suiformes</b>) is a <a href="/en/Suborder" title="Suborder" class="mw-redirect wl">suborder</a> of <a href="/en/Omnivorous" title="Omnivorous" class="mw-redirect wl">omnivorous</a>, non-<a href="/en/Ruminant" title="Ruminant" class="wl">ruminant</a> <a href="/en/Artiodactyl" title="Artiodactyl" class="mw-redirect wl">artiodactyl</a> mammals that includes the <a href="/en/Pig" title="Pig" class="wl"> domestic pig</a> and <a href="/en/Peccary" title="Peccary" class="wl">peccaries</a>. A member of this <a href="/en/Clade" title="Clade" class="wl">clade</a> is known as a <b>suine</b>. Suina includes the family <a href="/en/Suidae" title="Suidae" class="wl">Suidae</a>, termed suids, known in English as pigs or swine, as well as the family <a href="/en/Tayassuidae" title="Tayassuidae" class="mw-redirect wl">Tayassuidae</a>, termed tayassuids or peccaries. Suines are largely native to Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, with the exception of the <a href="/en/Wild_boar" title="Wild boar" class="wl">wild boar</a>, which is additionally native to Europe and Asia and introduced to North America and Australasia, including widespread use in farming of the <a href="/en/Domestic_pig" title="Domestic pig" class="mw-redirect wl">domestic pig</a> subspecies. Suines range in size from the 55<span>&nbsp;</span>cm (22<span>&nbsp;</span>in) long <a href="/en/Pygmy_hog" title="Pygmy hog" class="wl">pygmy hog</a> to the 210<span>&nbsp;</span>cm (83<span>&nbsp;</span>in) long <a href="/en/Giant_forest_hog" title="Giant forest hog" class="wl">giant forest hog</a>, and are primarily found in forest, shrubland, and grassland <a href="/en/Biome" title="Biome" class="wl">biomes</a>, though some can be found in deserts, wetlands, or coastal regions. Most species do not have population estimates, though approximately two billion domestic pigs are used in farming, while several species are considered endangered or critically endangered with populations as low as 100. One species, <a href="/en/Heude's_pig" title="Heude's pig" class="mw-redirect wl">Heude's pig</a>, is considered by the <a href="/en/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature" class="wl">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> to have gone extinct in the 20th century.</p>

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<th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)" class="notheme">Suina<br><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <a href="/en/Late_Eocene" title="Late Eocene" class="mw-redirect wl">Late Eocene</a> to <a href="/en/Holocene" title="Holocene" class="wl">Holocene</a>,  <span class="noprint"><span style="display:inline-block;">33.9–0<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Megaannum" title="Megaannum" class="mw-redirect wl">Ma</a></span> <div id="Timeline-row" style="margin: 4px auto 0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:18px; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap; border:1px #666; border-style:solid none; position:relative; z-index:0; font-size:97%;">
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<td>Kingdom:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Animal" title="Animal" class="wl">Animalia</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Chordate" title="Chordate" class="wl">Chordata</a></td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Mammal" title="Mammal" class="wl">Mammalia</a></td></tr>
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<td>Order:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Even-toed_ungulate" title="Even-toed ungulate" class="wl">Artiodactyla</a></td></tr>
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<td><i>Clade</i>:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Artiofabula" title="Artiofabula" class="wl">Artiofabula</a></td></tr>
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<td>Suborder:</td>
<td><a href="/en/Suina" title="Suina" class="wl">Suina</a><br><small><a href="/en/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray" class="wl">Gray</a>, 1868</small></td></tr>



































































































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<ul><li>†<i><span class="new">Egatochoerus</span></i></li>
<li>†<i><span class="new">Odoichoerus</span></i></li>
<li>†<i><span class="new">Siamochoerus</span></i></li>
<li><b>Suoidea</b> <small>J.E. Gray, 1868</small>
<ul><li>†<a href="/en/Doliochoeridae" title="Doliochoeridae" class="wl">Doliochoeridae</a></li>
<li>†<a href="/en/Sanitheriidae" title="Sanitheriidae" class="wl">Sanitheriidae</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Suidae" title="Suidae" class="wl">Suidae</a></li>
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Suina is a suborder of omnivorous, non-ruminant artiodactyl mammals that includes the  domestic pig and peccaries. A member of this clade is known as a suine. Suina includes the family Suidae, termed suids, known in English as pigs or swine, as well as the family Tayassuidae, termed tayassuids or peccaries. Suines are largely native to Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia, with the exception of the wild boar, which is additionally native to Europe and Asia and introduced to North America and Australasia, including widespread use in farming of the domestic pig subspecies. Suines range in size from the 55 cm long pygmy hog to the 210 cm long giant forest hog, and are primarily found in forest, shrubland, and grassland biomes, though some can be found in deserts, wetlands, or coastal regions. Most species do not have population estimates, though approximately two billion domestic pigs are used in farming, while several species are considered endangered or critically endangered with populations as low as 100. One species, Heude's pig, is considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to have gone extinct in the 20th century. 