Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Synonym: Sylvochoerus Frailey and Campbell 2012
Parent taxon: Tayassuini according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Alroy 2002, Boisserie et al. 2005, Carroll 1988, Frailey and Campbell 2012, Gasparini 2013, Gasparini et al. 2021, Hay 1902, McKenna and Bell 1997, Palmer 1897, Salles et al. 2006 and Wright 1998
Sister taxa: Brasiliochoerus, Catagonus, Parachoerus, Pecari
Subtaxa: Tayassu edensis Tayassu niger Tayassu patira Tayassu pecari
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (8 collections), Brazil (17), Colombia (1), Panama (1), Peru (8), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (3)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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