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Hippohyus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived during the Pliocene in India.

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Parent taxon
Suinae
Image
Hippohyus sivalensis.JPG
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start time
5332000-00
end time
2588000-00
taxon name
Hippohyus
taxon rank
genus
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Hippohyus is an extinct genus of pig-like animals that lived during the Pliocene in India.

==Description== Hippohyus had high-crowned molars with wrinkled enamel. The posterior premolars were enlarged and short. The skull was primitive, with a flat forehead, enlarged nasal bones, a relatively central orbital cavity and a rather robust zygomatic arch, with the jugal root originating at the height of the fourth premolar.

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