Mylohyus

Mylohyus Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tayassuidae
Genus:	Mylohyus
Species
M. elmorei M. floridanus M. fossilis M. gidleyi M. nasutus (Long-nosed Peccary) M. sp.

Mylohyus is an extinct genus of peccary found in North and Central America. It evolved in the Pliocene and its extinction is probably as recent as 9,000 years ago. It would have been familiar with early humans.

Six species were known, the most famous being Mylohyus nasutus, also known as the Long-nosed Peccary.

Sources

• Ice Age Image Gallery - Long-nosed Peccary
• Zipcodezoo - Mylohyus (Genus)

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