Neochen pugil

Neochen pugil is an extinct species of goose from the Late Pleistocene or possibly the Early Holocene of Brazil. The fossils were discovered by Danish paleontologist Peter [Wilhelm Lund] near Lagoa [Santa, Minas Gerais|Lagoa Santa], Minas Gerais state, and described by Danish ornithologist Oluf Winge in 1887. It was related to the living Orinoco goose, but much larger. It has a notably large build in size compared to similar species of the same genus, having a slender, 13.5 centimeter on average long tarsometatarsus.