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Extinct species of mammal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The long-nosed peccary (Mylohyus nasutus) is an extinct mammal species of the peccary family (Tayassuidae). It went extinct at the end of the Rancholabrean North American Land Mammal Age.[1]: 21
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| Long-nosed peccary Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
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| Skeleton at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin, Texas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | †Mylohyus |
| Species: | †M. nasutus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mylohyus nasutus Leidy, 1868 | |
The long-nosed peccary was about 0.75 metres (2.5 ft) in height and 67 kilograms (148 lb) in weight.[2] It had an elongated face, long, thin legs and dewclaws.[1]: 21
During the last glacial, long-nosed peccaries, sensu lato, were distributed throughout southeastern North America with concentrations in Appalachia and Florida. Most fossil localities containing this species are found in the southern and south-eastern U.S., from west Texas to Florida, and north to Pennsylvania. Mylohyus nasutus, if considered to be a different species than M. fossilis, occupied the western part of this range, but their classification as separate species is disputed.[1]: 22–23 According to Lundelius, these species or forms co-occur in the Cumberland Cave deposits in Maryland.[3]: 34
Unlike the flat-headed peccary, Platygonus compressus, the long-nosed peccary was probably a solitary animal and did not frequent caves.[4]
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