Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 (collared peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Alternative combinations: Dicotyles tajacu, Sus tajacu, Tayassu tajacu

Synonym: Waldochoerus bassleri Frailey and Campbell 2012

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Pecari 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, Hay 1902, Linnaeus 1758, Theimer and Keim 1998, Thomas 1911, Wilson and Reeder 1993, Woodburne 1969, Wright 1989 and Wright 1993

Sister taxon: Pecari angulatus

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (10), Colombia (2), Guatemala (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (5), United States (2: Arizona, Texas), Venezuela (3)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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