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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | †Perchoerus Leidy, 1869 |
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Perchoerus is an extinct genus of suine from the Eocene and Oligocene of North America. Three species are known.[1][2] While often considered to be a peccary, other studies have recovered it to be a basal suine outside of either peccaries or Suidae.[3] The oldest known species of PerchoerusisP. minor, which was only the size of a house cat. It is known from skull and tooth material. The later P. nanus of the Orellan grew larger and is known from a skull and lower jaw. The latest and largest species was P. probus of the Oligocene (32-30 mya). It was much larger (about as big as living peccaries) and known from more remains than the other species.[1][4]
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