Neochoerus Temporal range: |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Caviidae |
Subfamily: | Hydrochoerinae |
Genus: |
†Neochoerus Hay, 1926 |
Species | |
†Neochoerus aesopi |
†Neochoerus aesopi
†Neochoerus dichroplax
†Neochoerus pinckneyi
†Neochoerus sirasakae
†Neochoerus sulcidens
†Neochoerus tarijensis
Neochoerus ("new hog") is an extinct genus of rodent closely related to the living capybara. Fossil remains of Neochoerus have been found a.o. in Soatá in Boyacá, Colombia.