Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. An addition to the vertebrate fauna of the Miocene period, with a synopsis of the extinct Cetacea of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 19(4):138-157

Parent taxon: Tayassuidae according to L. B. Albright 1999

Sister taxa: Albanohyus, Antaodon, Doliochoerinae, Floridachoerus, Macrogenis, Odoichoerus, Prosthennops, Selenogonus, Tayassuinae, Thinohyus, Portheodon

Subtaxa: Cynorca hesperia, Cynorca occidentale, Cynorca sociale

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Type: Cynorca proterva

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore