Abstract: Global physical events during the Late Miocene affected not only the European and Chinese Suoidea but also the environment. In the early Vallesian(MN9) the suoid assemblages indicate that both areas were influenced by previous immigration from the Indian Subcontinent, whereas in the late Vallesian(MN10) and early Turolian(MN11) they evolved independently in each area. In thelate Turolian(MN12, MN13) European and southern Chinese suid lineages appeared for the first time in northerm China. It seems that the Indian Subcontinent biome was isolated from that of Europe and China during the early Late Miocene or even earlier. The Late Miocene environment in southernChina ranged from humid, warm and closed to relatively arid, cold and open.A comparable pattern isseen in Europe during this period. In contrast, the environment changed from open, cold and arid to close, warm and humid in northern China. During the same time suids spread gradually from southern China northwards and Europe eastwards to northern China. The European environment was slightly colder and more open than the Chinese one.