Platygonus cinctus Ameghino 1886 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Belongs to Platygonus according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus kraglievichi, Platygonus marplatensis, Platygonus oregonensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus rex, Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus setiger, Platygonus striatus, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Antaodon cinctus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platygonus cinctus in the database

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