Pecarichoerus Colbert 1933 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Parent taxon: Doliochoerini according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

See also Carroll 1988 and van der Made 1997

Sister taxon: Barberahyus

Subtaxa: Pecarichoerus africanus Pecarichoerus orientalis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1)

• Miocene of China (1)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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