平头猪属

平头猪; 化石时期：晚中新世 - 晚更新世; ~10.3–0.011 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
保护状况
	无效状况
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	哺乳纲 Mammalia
目：	偶蹄目 Artiodactyla
科：	西猯科 Tayassuidae
属：	†平头猪属 Platygonus; LeConte 1848
模式种
	Platygonus compressus; LeConte 1848
种
	P. compressus; P. bicalcaratus; P. brachirostris; P. oregonensis; P. pearcei; P. vetus;

平头猪（Platygonus）是一属已灭绝的猪形动物。

平头猪长约1米，比现今的野猪较长，牠的脚长适合奔跑。牠有像猪的鼻端，可以对抗掠食者的长獠牙。

平头猪是群居的动物，像现今的西猯般是成群生活的。牠们分布在加拿大南部至墨西哥及美国加利福尼亚州至宾夕凡尼亚州与南美洲。牠们出现于更新世的卡拉布里亚阶，最早的可追溯至中新世^[1]。

参考

Wagner, George (1903) "Observations on Platygonus Compressus Leconte" The Journal of Geology University of Chicago. Dept. of Geology and Paleontology, University of Chicago Press. Journals Division, 11: pp. 777–782;
Hoare, Richard D. et al. (May 1964) "Pleistocene Peccary Platygonus Compressus Leconte from Sandusky County, Ohio" The Ohio Journal of Science 64(3): pp. 207–214;
Ray, Clayton E.; Denny, Charles S. and Rubin, Meyer (January 1970) "A peccary, Platygonus Compressus LeConte, from drift of Wisconsian age in Northern Pennsylvania" The American Journal of Science Yale University 268: pp.78–94;
Wilson, Ronald C.; Guilday, John E. and Branstetter, John A. (October 1975) "Extinct Peccary (Platygonus compressus LeConte) From a Central Kentucky Cave" The NSS Bulletin 37(4): pp. 83–87;
Kurtén, Björn; and Anderson, Elaine (1980) Pleistocene Mammals of North America Columbia University Press, New York ISBN 0-231-03733-3 ;
Murray, Lyndon K. et al. (September 2005) "Late Pleistocene Fauna from the Southern Colorado Plateau, Navajo County, Arizona" The Southwestern Naturalist 50(3): pp. 363–374;