Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1920. Pleistocene peccaries from the Cumberland cave deposit. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57(2324):651-678

Belongs to Platygonus according to J. W. Gidley 1920

Sister taxa: Platygonus bicalcaratus, Platygonus brachirostris, Platygonus compressus, Platygonus oregonensis, Platygonus pearcei, Platygonus vetus

Type specimen: USNM 8148, a skull. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer