Mylohyus
Sign in to saveMylohyus is an extinct genus of peccary found in North and Central America. It first evolved during the Late Miocene and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, around 12,000 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Mylohyus is referenced by 108 other articles, and connects out to Listriodontinae, Tayassuidae and Babyrousa.
Vinony files it under Fossil taxa described in 1869, Holocene extinctions and Pleistocene Artiodactyla.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Mylohyus nasutus.jpg
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- Mylohyus
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- start time
- 5000000-00
- end time
- 9000-00-00
- taxon author citation
- Cope, 1889
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Mylohyus is an extinct genus of peccary found in North and Central America. It first evolved during the Late Miocene and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene, around 12,000 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction.
Six species were known, the most famous being Mylohyus nasutus, also known as the long-nosed peccary. It went extinct at the end of the Rancholabrean North American land mammal age. The genus was slightly larger-bodied than any modern peccaries, with an estimated mass of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mylohyus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.