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Line 2: {{Automatic taxobox \|fossil_range = Late [[Eocene]] - Early [[Oligocene]]<br>{{fossil range\|37\|30}} \|image = Perchoerus ~~minor Cook~~.jpg \|image_caption = ~~Jawbone~~Fossils ofin ~~''Perchoerus minor''~~Berlin \|taxon = Perchoerus \|authority = [[Joseph Leidy\|Leidy]], 1869 Line 16: \| synonyms_ref =<ref name=Prothero /> }} '''''Perchoerus''''' is an extinct genus of [[peccary]] from [[Eocene]] and [[Oligocene]] of [[North America]]. Three species are known.<ref name=Prothero>{{cite book \|last1=Prothero \|first1=Donald R. \|title=THE SYSTEMATICS OF NORTH AMERICAN PECCARIES (MAMMALIA: ARTIODACTYLA: TAYASSUIDAE) By · 2021 \|date=2021 \|publisher=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science \|pages=6–8}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Prothero \|first1=Donald R. \|title=THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PECCARIES \|journal=Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin \|date=2009 \|volume=65 \|pages=509–542}}</ref> [[File:Perchoerus minor Cook.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Jawbone of ''P. minor'']] ''Perchoerus'' is notable for being the oldest peccary from North America, colonizing the continent via [[Asia]] approximately 37 mya. The oldest known species of ''Perchoerus'' is ''P. minor'', which was only the size of a house [[cat]]. It is known from skull and tooth material. '''''Perchoerus''''' is an extinct genus of [[Suina\|suine]] from the [[Eocene]] and [[Oligocene]] of North America. Three species are known.<ref name=Prothero>{{cite book \|last1=Prothero \|first1=Donald R. \|title=THE SYSTEMATICS OF NORTH AMERICAN PECCARIES (MAMMALIA: ARTIODACTYLA: TAYASSUIDAE) By · 2021 \|date=2021 \|publisher=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science \|pages=6–8}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Prothero \|first1=Donald R. \|title=THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PECCARIES \|journal=Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin \|date=2009 \|volume=65 \|pages=509–542}}</ref> While often considered to be a [[peccary]], other studies have recovered it to be a basal suine outside of either peccaries or [[Suidae]].<ref>{{Cite journal \|last=Parisi Dutra \|first=Rodrigo \|last2=Casali \|first2=Daniel de Melo \|last3=Missagia \|first3=Rafaela Velloso \|last4=Gasparini \|first4=Germán Mariano \|last5=Perini \|first5=Fernando Araujo \|last6=Cozzuol \|first6=Mario Alberto \|date=2016-09-13 \|title=Phylogenetic Systematics of Peccaries (Tayassuidae: Artiodactyla) and a Classification of South American Tayassuids \|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-016-9347-8 \|journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution \|volume=24 \|issue=3 \|pages=345–358 \|doi=10.1007/s10914-016-9347-8 \|issn=1064-7554\|hdl=11336/54840 \|hdl-access=free }}</ref> The oldest known species of ''Perchoerus'' is ''P. 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.<ref name="Prothero" /><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Prothero \|first1=Donald R. \|last2=Williams \|first2=Mary Persis \|title=The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals \|date=2016 \|publisher=Princeton University Press \|isbn=9781400884452 \|pages=157–158}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Suina\|S.}} {{Taxonbar\|from=Q21235313}} [[Category:Prehistoric ~~even-toed ungulate~~Artiodactyla genera]] [[Category:Peccaries]] [[Category:Prehistoric mammals of North America]] [[Category:Eocene mammals of North America]] [[Category:Oligocene mammals of North America]] [[Category:Prehistoric mammal genera]]