Tag Archives: Peccary

The hyena that was overshadowed by a Tyrannosaurus rex

Posted on August 28, 2014 by twilightbeasts

One of the wonderful things about being part of Twilight Beasts is that we are discovering new beasts all the time. Many beasts are familiar, like mammoths and sabretooth cats. Others not so much, like the unbelievably cute Great Jerboa, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hyena | Tagged aardwolf, American cheetahs, Barnum Brown, Beringia, Borophangus diversidens, Cave hyena, Chasmaporthetes ossifragus, Dino Dan, Great Jerboa, Homotherium, Hyena, Mammoth, Oliver Perry Hay, Peccary, Pronghor, Pronghorn Antelope, Smithsonian Institution, Tyrannosaurus rex, Woolly rhinoceros | 4 Comments

Ghosts of the desert

Posted on August 26, 2014 by twilightbeasts

The sun sets over the plains of Vizcaíno Desert, Baja California península, Mexico; a vast desert watered by fog from the Pacific Ocean. A group of peninsular pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) stretch and lay about in the cool afternoon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Pronghorn | Tagged American cheetahs, Antilocapra americana, Antilocapra americana peninsularis, Baja California peninsula, Bighorn sheep, Bison, camel, Canis dirus, Canis lepophagus, Chasmaporthetes ossifragus, Comondú archaeological complex, Cougar, Coyote, Dire Wolf, Grey wolf, Homotherium, Horse, Megantereon, Miracinonyx sp., Mule deer, Muskoxen, Odocoileus hemionus, Ovis canadensis, Peccary, Pronghorn Antelope, Protocyon, Short-faced Bear, Sierra de San Francisco, Smilodon, Tapir, Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, Vizcaino Desert | 8 Comments

America’s original razorbacks

Posted on July 12, 2014 by twilightbeasts

Peccaries are a family of superficially pig-like artiodactyls, sometimes erroneously called “wild pigs” or “New World pigs”. Both pigs (Suidae) and peccaries (Tayassuidae) have relatively large heads with a cartilaginous disc at the tip of the rostrum and tough, leathery … Continue reading →

Posted in Peccary | Tagged Catagonus wagneri, Chacoan Peccary, Collared Peccary, convergent evolution, Flat-headed Peccary, Giant Peccary, Long-nosed Peccary, Miocene, Mylohyus nasutus, Oligocene, Panamanian Land Bridge, Pecari maximus, Pecari tajacu, Peccary, Platygonus compressus, Suidae, Tayassu pecari, Tayassuidae, White-lipped Peccary | 9 Comments

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