Neochoerus
Sign in to savethumb|left|Paleoart of Neochoerus pinckneyi.
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thumb|left|Paleoart of Neochoerus pinckneyi.
Neochoerus ("new hog") is an extinct genus of rodent closely related to the living capybara. Fossil remains of Neochoerus have been found through North America (Mexico and United States) and South America in Boyacá, Colombia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neochoerus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.