†Floridachoerus White 1941 (peccary)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Full reference: T. E. White. 1941. Additions to the Miocene Fauna of Florida. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 18:91-98
Parent taxon: Hesperhyinae according to D. R. Prothero 2015
See also Albright 1999, MacFadden and Webb 1982, Olsen 1962, Prothero 2021, White 1941 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Desmathyus, Fremdohyus, Hesperhys, Lucashyus, Marshochoerus, Stuckyhyus, Wrightohyus
Subtaxa: Floridachoerus olseni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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