Parachoerus carlesi Rusconi, 1930

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Platygonus carlesi Rusconi, 1930

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Argentina

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Rusconi, C. (1930). Las especies fósiles argentinas de pecaríes y sus relaciones con las del Brasil y Norteamérica. An Mus Nac Hist Nat “Bernardino Rivadavia”. Buenos Aires. 36: 121–241. 

Other references:

Gasparini, Germán Mariano et al. (2019). Parachoerus carlesi (Mammalia, Tayassuidae) in the Late Pleistocene (northern Argentina, South America): paleoecological and palaeobiogeographic considerations. Historical Biology 31(8): 1082-1088.

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