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Ancient DNA analysis of the extinct North American flat-headed peccary (Platygonus compressus).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2017
Perry Tahlia, van Loenen Ayla L, Heiniger Holly, Lee Carol, Gongora Jaime, Cooper Alan, Mitchell Kieren J
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The geographical range of extant peccaries extends from the southwestern United States through Central America and into northern Argentina. However, from the Miocene until the Pleistocene now-extinct peccary species inhabited the entirety of North America. Relationships among the living and extinct species have long been contentious. Similarly, how and when peccaries moved from North to South America is unclear....
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