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Tayassu
Taxonomy
Tayassu was named by Fischer (1814). It is extant. It is the type genus of Tayassuinae.
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997), Wright (1998) and Boisserie et al. (2005); to Tayassuidae by Fischer (1814), Palmer (1897), Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gasparini (2013); and to Tayassuini by Dutra et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997), Wright (1998) and Boisserie et al. (2005); to Tayassuidae by Fischer (1814), Palmer (1897), Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gasparini (2013); and to Tayassuini by Dutra et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1814 | Tayassu Fischer |
| 1897 | Tayassu Palmer p. 174 |
| 1902 | Tayassu Hay p. 659 |
| 1988 | Tayassu Carroll |
| 1997 | Tayassu McKenna and Bell p. 398 |
| 1998 | Tayassu Wright p. 395 |
| 2005 | Tayassu Boisserie et al. |
| 2006 | Tayassu Salles et al. p. 8 |
| 2008 | Tayassu Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2012 | Sylvochoerus Frailey and Campbell |
| 2013 | Tayassu Gasparini p. 58 |
| 2017 | Tayassu Dutra et al. p. 353 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Tayassu Fischer 1814
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†Tayassu edensis Frick 1921
Tayassu niger Allen 1913
Tayassu patira Fischer 1814
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 [white-lipped peccary]
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Invalid names: Sylvochoerus woodburnei Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sylvochoerus Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available