
Kubanochoerus
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- Parent taxon
- Listriodontinae
- Mass
- 500
- Image
- Kubanochoerus robustus A6 digital.jpg
- Height
- 1.2
- Length
- 1.2
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Kubanochoerus is an extinct genus of large, long-legged suid artiodactyl mammal from the Miocene of Eurasia and Africa.
== Taxonomy == thumb|left|K. gigas skull The genera Libycochoerus and Megalochoerus were once assigned to Kubanochoerus but are now considered distinct based on dental and minor cranial details. thumb|right|Photo-reconstruction of K. robustus The putative paraceratheriid genus Caucasotherium, described from the Caucasus on the basis of a bone fragment with four incisors, is actually a synonym of the Middle Miocene Kubanochoerus gigas.
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