Thinohyus rostratus Cope 1888 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combinations: Bothrolabis rostratus, Perchoerus rostratus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1888. On the Dicotylinae of the John Day Miocene of North America. Proceedings of the American Philisophical Society 25:62-79

Belongs to Thinohyus according to D. R. Prothero 2009

See also Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Pearson 1923, Prothero 2021 and Wright 1998

Sister taxon: Thinohyus lentus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thinohyus rostratus in the database

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