Kubanochoerus gigas Hyneria Estudios paleopatológicos recientes sugieren además

Estudios paleopatológicos recientes sugieren además que las estructuras de la cola y los osteodermos podrían estar vinculados no solo a respuestas defensivas frente a depredadores

such as displays of dominance or in ritualized combats between males

lo que sugiere flexibilidad ecológica en ambientes donde la estacionalidad afectaba la disponibilidad de recursos vegetales

Size estimates for this species are 6–7 meters in total body length

Kubanochoerus gigas Hyneria Estudios paleopatológicos recientes sugieren ademásKubanochoerus gigas was one of the largest suids of the Miocene, belonging to the family Suidae and related to the tetraconodontines, an extinct group characterized by hypertrophied dentition and massive skulls. It inhabited Eurasia during the Middle Miocene, approximately 15 to 11 million years ago, in open environments with mosaics of wooded savanna and scattered forests. It was an artiodactyl of colossal proportions for its lineage, with an