Prosthennops
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Prosthennops is a genus of extinct peccaries that lived in North and Central America between the middle Miocene and lower Pliocene (around 15-5 million years ago).
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- Prosthennops
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- Nearctic warthogs
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Prosthennops is a genus of extinct peccaries that lived in North and Central America between the middle Miocene and lower Pliocene (around 15-5 million years ago).
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