Catagonus

Catagonus Temporal range: Pliocene – Recent
Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tayassuidae
Genus:	Catagonus Ameghino, 1904[1]
Species
Catagonus wagneri? - Chacoan peccary †Catagonus bonaerensis? †Catagonus carlesi? †Catagonus metropolitanus (type) †Catagonus stenocephalus? - Narrow-headed peccary
Synonyms
Brasiliochoerus Parachoerus

Catagonus is a genus of peccaries that contains the living Chacoan peccary, C. wagneri, and several extinct species. The genus has always been restricted to South America.