Neochoerus pinckneyi

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iNeochoerus pinckneyi
Fossil range: Pliocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Hydrochoeridae
Genus: Neochoerus
Hay, 1926
Species: N. pinckneyi
Binomial name
Neochoerus pinckneyi

Neochoerus pinckeyi ("Pinckey's New Hog") was a North American species of capybara. It is the second largest rodent species ever discovered. Remains have been found in southern North America and throughout Central America.

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