Platygonus compressus Leconte, 1848
Flat-headed peccary
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Platigonus compressus Leconte, 1848 (orthological variant); Platygonus alemanii (author?, year?)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
North America
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Leconte, J. L. (1848). [description of Platygonus compressus]. American Journal of Science and Arts, second series V: 102-106.
Other references:
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