Tayassu pecari Link 1795 (white-lipped peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combination: Sus pecari

Synonym: Sylvochoerus woodburnei Frailey and Campbell 2012

Belongs to Tayassu according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Frailey and Campbell 2012, Gasparini 2013, Gasparini et al. 2021, Gasparini et al. 2014, Palmer 1897, Wilson and Reeder 1993 and Wright 1998

Sister taxa: Tayassu edensis, Tayassu niger, Tayassu patira

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (4 collections), Brazil (11), Colombia (1), Panama (1), Peru (8), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (4)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (2)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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