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일반명 :긴코페커리(Long-nosed Peccary/멧돼지)
Name : Mylohyus nasutus
Geologic Age : Pleistocene
Location : Levy County, Florida, From the Wacasassa River.
긴코페커리는 북중미지역에서 약 9000년전에 멸종한 화석종이다.
Mylohyus is an extinct genus of peccary found in North and Central America. It evolved in the Plioceneand its extinction is probably as recent as 9,000 years ago. It would have been familiar with early humans.
Six species were known, the most famous being Mylohyus nasutus, also known as the Long-nosed Peccary.
The teeth of Playtgonus can also be described as bilophodont, which means the cusps form two parallel ridges. The unworn molars of Platygonus look like miniature mastodon molars in profile. This difference in crown profile make the genera easy to distinguish in unworn specimens. However, once worn this distinction is lost and differentiating the genera is problematic. The premolars of Mylohyus have four cusps while the premolars of Platygonus have three.
