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== Naming ==
== Naming ==
The family's name, ''tusked blowhog'', is named after its only member the Tusked Blowhog.
The name ''tusked blowhog'' comes from the members' resemblance to blowhogs, and their tusks that jut out.


The genus name, ''sus'', is a real genus of wild and domestic pigs which is what the Tusked Blowhog resembles. This genus is also shared with all the members of the [[Blowhog family]] due to fact that they all also resemble pigs.
The genus name, ''sus'', is Latin for pig, and is shared with members of the blowhog family.


===Names in other languages===
===Names in other languages===

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