Platygonus wagneri Rusconi 1930 (Chacoan peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combinations: Parachoerus carlesi wagneri, Platygonus (Parachoerus) carlesi wagneri

Belongs to Platygonus according to Rusconi 1948

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Gasparini 2013 and Wright 1998

Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus chapadmalensis, Platygonus cinctus, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus kraglievichi, Platygonus marplatensis, Platygonus oregonensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus rex, Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus setiger, Platygonus texanus, Platygonus ticuli, Platygonus vetus, Antaodon cinctus

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platygonus wagneri in the database

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