Long-nosed peccary

The long-nosed peccary (Mylohyus nasutus) is an extinct mammal species of the peccary family (Tayassuidae). It went extinct at the end of the Rancholabrean North American Land Mammal Age.

Description
The long-nosed peccary was about 0.75 m in height and 67 kg in weight. It had an elongated face, long, thin legs and dewclaws.

Habitat and distribution
During the last glacial, long-nosed peccaries, sensu lato, were distributed throughout southeastern North America with concentrations in Appalachia and Florida. Most fossil localities containing this species are found in the southern and south-eastern U.S., from west Texas to Florida, and north to Pennsylvania. Mylohyus nasutus, if considered to be a different species than M. fossilis, occupied the western part of this range, but their classification as separate species is disputed. According to Lundelius, these species or forms co-occur in the Cumberland Cave deposits in Maryland.

Ecology and behavior
Unlike the flat-headed peccary, Platygonus compressus, the long-nosed peccary was probably a solitary animal and did not frequent caves.