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Taxonomy
Neochoerus was named by Hay (1926).
It was assigned to Hydrochoeridae by Hay (1926), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Hydrochoerinae by Prado et al. (1998), Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Hydrochoeridae by Hay (1926), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Hydrochoerinae by Prado et al. (1998), Albright et al. (2019).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Oromys Leidy p. 241 |
| 1926 | Neochoerus Hay |
| 1941 | Prohydrochoerus Spillmann |
| 1980 | Neochoerus Kurten and Anderson p. 274 |
| 1997 | Neochoerus McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Neochoerus Prado et al. p. 796 |
| 2019 | Neochoerus Albright et al. p. 167 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Neochoerus Hay 1926
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†Neochoerus aesopi Leidy 1853
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Invalid names: Hydrochoerus holmesi Simpson 1928 [synonym], Hydrochoerus robustus Leidy 1886 [synonym]
†Neochoerus pinckneyi Hay 1926
†Neochoerus sirasakae Spillmann 1941
Invalid names: Oromys Leidy 1853 [synonym], Prohydrochoerus Spillmann 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available