Lorancahyus Pickford and Morales 1998 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Full reference: M. Pickford and J. Morales. 1998. A tubulidentate suiform lineage (Tayassuidae, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Spain. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie II. Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes 237(4):285-290

Parent taxon: Doliochoerinae according to M. Pickford and J. Morales 1998

Sister taxa: Doliochoerini, Schizochoerini

Subtaxa: Lorancahyus daamsi Lorancahyus hypsorhizus

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Type: Lorancahyus hypsorhizus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Moheda (Miocene of Spain)

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