†Prosthennops Matthew and Gidley 1904 (peccary)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 42438
Synonym: Hesperopithecus Osborn 1922 (taxon 46937)
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley. 1904. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota : American Museum expedition of 1903. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(22):241-268
Parent taxon: Tayassuinae according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Argyrohyus, Dicotyles, Dyseohyus, Platygonini, Sylvochoerus, Tayassuini, Waldochoerus
Subtaxa: Prosthennops condoni, Prosthennops haroldcooki, Prosthennops kernensis, Prosthennops niobrarensis, Prosthennops rex, Prosthennops serus, Prosthennops xiphodonticus, Prosthennops ziegleri
Ecology: scansorial insectivore