†Mylohyus elmorei White 1942 (peccary)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Alternative combinations: Mylohyus eimorei, Prosthennops elmorei
Full reference: T. E. White. 1942. The Lower Miocene mammal fauna of Florida. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92(1):1-49
Belongs to Mylohyus according to D. B. Wright 1998
See also Dutra et al. 2017, Prothero 2021, White 1942 and Wright and Webb 1984
Sister taxa: Mylohyus floridanus, Mylohyus fossilis, Mylohyus longirostris, Mylohyus nasutus, Mylohyus obtusidens
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida, Tennessee collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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