Dicotyles torquatus Cope 1867 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Belongs to Dicotyles according to J. Leidy 1873

See also Hay 1902 and Woodburne 1969

Sister taxa: Dicotyles hesperius, Dicotyles major, Dicotyles platensis, Dicotyles traunmulleri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dicotyles torquatus in the database

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