Catagonus

Catagonus; Temporal range: Pliocene – Recent
	Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tayassuidae
Genus:	Catagonus; Ameghino, 1904
Species
	Catagonus wagneri? - Chacoan peccary; †Catagonus bonaerensis?; †Catagonus carlesi?; †Catagonus metropolitanus (type); †Catagonus stenocephalus? - Narrow-headed peccary;
Synonyms
	Brasiliochoerus; Parachoerus;

Catagonus is a genus of peccaries that contains the living Chacoan peccary and several extinct species. The genus has always been restricted to South America.

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