†Hesperhys vagrans Douglass 1903 (peccary)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Synonym: Desmathyus validus Matthew 1932
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199
Belongs to Hesperhys according to D. R. Prothero 2015
See also Douglass 1903, Matthew 1932, Prothero 2021 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Hesperhys antiquus, Pediohyus ferus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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