平頭豬屬
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無效狀況
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科學分類 
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| 界： | 動物界 Animalia |
| 門： | 脊索動物門 Chordata |
| 綱： | 哺乳綱 Mammalia |
| 目： | 偶蹄目 Artiodactyla |
| 科： | 西猯科 Tayassuidae |
| 屬： | †平頭豬屬 Platygonus LeConte 1848 |
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| Platygonus compressus LeConte 1848
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平頭豬長約1米，比現今的野豬較長，牠的腳長適合奔跑。牠有像豬的鼻端，可以對抗掠食者的長獠牙。
平頭豬是群居的動物，像現今的西猯般是成群生活的。牠們分佈在加拿大南部至墨西哥及美國加利福尼亞州至賓夕凡尼亞州與南美洲。牠們出現於更新世的卡拉布里亞階，最早的可追溯至中新世[1]。
參考
- ^ Platygonus. Paleobiology Database. [2017-10-17].
- Wagner, George (1903) "Observations on Platygonus Compressus Leconte" The Journal of Geology University of Chicago. Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, University of Chicago Press. Journals Division, 11: pp. 777–782;
- Hoare, Richard D. et al. (May 1964) "Pleistocene Peccary Platygonus Compressus Leconte from Sandusky County, Ohio" The Ohio Journal of Science 64(3): pp. 207–214;
- Ray, Clayton E.; Denny, Charles S. and Rubin, Meyer (January 1970) "A peccary, Platygonus Compressus LeConte, from drift of Wisconsian age in Northern Pennsylvania" The American Journal of Science Yale University 268: pp.78–94;
- Wilson, Ronald C.; Guilday, John E. and Branstetter, John A. (October 1975) "Extinct Peccary (Platygonus compressus LeConte) From a Central Kentucky Cave" The NSS Bulletin 37(4): pp. 83–87;
- Kurtén, Björn; and Anderson, Elaine (1980) Pleistocene Mammals of North America Columbia University Press, New York ISBN 0-231-03733-3 ;
- Murray, Lyndon K. et al. (September 2005) "Late Pleistocene Fauna from the Southern Colorado Plateau, Navajo County, Arizona" The Southwestern Naturalist 50(3): pp. 363–374;