The long-nosed peccary (Mylohyus nasutus) is an extinct mammal species of the peccary family (Tayassuidae). It is one of two peccary-species that existed in the US-Midwest during the last ice age.^[1]

Quick Facts Long-nosed peccary Temporal range: Late Pleistocene, Scientific classification ...

Long-nosed peccary Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Long-nosed peccary skeleton at the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin, Texas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tayassuidae
Genus:	†Mylohyus
Species:	†M. nasutus
Binomial name
†Mylohyus nasutus Leidy, 1868

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The long-nosed peccary was about 0,75 m (2,5 ft) in height and 67 kg (148 lb) in weight.^[2] It had an elongated facial region and long slender legs.^[3]

During the last glacial, long-nosed peccaries were distributed throughout eastern North America with concentrations in Appalachia and Florida. Most fossil localities containing this species are found in the southern and south-eastern U.S., from west Texas to Florida, and north to Pennsylvania.

Unlike the flat-headed peccary, the long-nosed peccary was probably a solitary animal and did not frequent caves.^[4]