Synonym: Phacochoeridae Gray 1868
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Suoidea according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Doliochoerus, Palaeochoerus, Sanitheriidae, Schizochoerus, Taucanamo, Tayassuidae, Schizochoerinae, Perchoerus, Merycopotamidae, Cotylopidae, Dichodontidae
Subtaxa: Aureliachoerus, Babyrousinae, Cainochoerus, Chaeropotamina, Eumaiochoerus, Hemichoerus, Hippopotamodon, Hyosus, Hyotheriinae, Hyotherium, Kubanochoerinae, Kubanochoerus, Listriodontinae, Lophochoerus, Mabokopithecus, Mesochoerus, Metridiochoerus, Namachoerinae, Notochoerus, Nyanzachoerus, Palaeochoerinae, Paradoxodonides, Promesochoerus, Suinae, Tetraconodontinae, Xenohyus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore