Neochoerus
| Neochoerus Temporal range: Pleistocene
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| Neochoerus pinkneyi skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrochoerinae |
| Genus: | †Neochoerus Hay, 1926 |
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†Neochoerus aesopi | |
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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Categories:
- Cavies
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Prehistoric rodent genera
- Pleistocene rodents
- Pleistocene genera
- Pleistocene mammals of North America
- Prehistory of Colombia
- Pleistocene Colombia
- Altiplano Cundiboyacense
- Fossil taxa described in 1926
- Taxa named by William Perry Hay
- Prehistoric rodent stubs