# Marshochoerus

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = Early Miocene
| genus = Marshochoerus
| species = socialis
| authority = Marsh, 1875
}}

'''''Marshochoerus''''' is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/genus) of [peccary](/source/peccary) that lived during the [Early Miocene](/source/Early_Miocene).

== Distribution ==
''Marshochoerus socialis'' [fossil](/source/fossil)s are known from the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref name="NMMNHSpeccaries">{{Cite journal |first1=Donald Ross |last1=Prothero |year=2015 |title=Evolution of the early miocene hesperhyine peccaries |url=http://www.donaldprothero.com/files/102919031.pdf |journal=New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin |volume=67 |pages=235–255}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Monotypic prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
Category:Miocene mammals of North America
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2015
Category:Fossils of the United States
Category:Peccaries

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