Hyotherium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Oligocene–Miocene

| image = Hyotherium major skull MNHN.jpg

| image_caption = Hyotherium major skull, MNHN

| taxon = Hyotherium

| authority = von Meyer, 1834

| type_species = †Hyotherium soemmeringi

|type_species_authority = von Meyer, 1834

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• H. meissneri
• H. major
• H. shanwangense
• H. soemmeringi

}}

Hyotherium was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates under the Hyotheriinae group (a group that also consists of Chicochoerus, Xenohyus and more) of the Suidae family. It existed during the Miocene in Europe and Perim Island, India. It was named by Von Mayer in 1834.{{Cite journal | last1 = Lydekker | first1 = R. | doi = 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1887.043.01-04.05 | title = Description of a Jaw of Hyotherium, from the Pliocene of India | journal = Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society | volume = 43 | pages = 19–99 | year = 1887 | issue = 1–4 | bibcode = 1887QJGS...43...19L | s2cid = 129795498 }}

(MHNT) Hyotherium lacaillei (Orliac, 2006) Left Mandible - Holotype.jpg|Hyotherium lacaillei Left Mandible - Holotype MHNT

Hyotherium soemmeringi.JPG|Hyotherium soemmeringi jaw