Neochoerus
Extinct genus of rodents
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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 (Mexico and United States) and South America in Boyacá, Colombia.[1]
| Neochoerus Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Neochoerus pinckneyi skull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrochoerinae |
| Genus: | †Neochoerus Hay, 1926 |
| Species | |
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†Neochoerus aesopi | |
