Tayassu niger Allen 1913 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Full reference: J. A. Allen. 1913. New mammals from Colombia and Ecuador. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32(29):469-484

Belongs to Tayassu according to J. A. Allen 1913

Sister taxa: Tayassu edensis, Tayassu patira, Tayassu pecari

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tayassu niger in the database

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