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Neochoerus

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Neochoerus
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Neochoerus pinckneyi skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Hydrochoerinae
Genus: Neochoerus
Hay, 1926
Species

Neochoerus aesopi
Neochoerus occidentalis
Neochoerus cordobai
Neochoerus pinckneyi
Neochoerus sirasakae
Neochoerus sulcidens
Neochoerus tarijensis

Paleoart of Neochoerus pinckneyi.

Neochoerus ("new hog") is an extinct genus of rodent closely related to the living capybara. Fossil remains of Neochoerus have been found through North America (México and United States) and South America in Boyacá, Colombia.[1]

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