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Pecari
Taxonomy
Pecari was named by Reichenbach (1835). It is extant.
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Boisserie et al. (2005); to Tayassuidae by Reichenbach (1835), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Hulbert et al. (2009); and to Tayassuini by Dutra et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Boisserie et al. (2005); to Tayassuidae by Reichenbach (1835), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Hulbert et al. (2009); and to Tayassuini by Dutra et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1835 | Pecari Reichenbach |
| 1993 | Pecari Wilson and Reeder |
| 2005 | Pecari Boisserie et al. |
| 2008 | Pecari Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2009 | Pecari Hulbert, Jr. et al. |
| 2017 | Pecari 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. Pecari Reichenbach 1835
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Pecari angulatus Cope 1889
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 [collared peccary]
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Invalid names: Muknalia minima Stinnesbeck et al. 2017 [objective synonym], Waldochoerus bassleri Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| Depth from tip of coronoid process to inferior margin height | 1 | 71.6 | |||||
| Depth of ramus below lower M3 height | 1 | 35.0 | |||||
| Depth of ramus below lower P2 height | 1 | 35.4 |
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.012 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene | Brazil | P. tajacu (217277) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Mexico (Quintana Roo) | Muknalia minima (194478) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | P. tajacu (211820) | |
| Quaternary | Peru (Ucayali) | Waldochoerus bassleri (137877 137880 137883 137884) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. tajacu (71303 71314) | |
| Lujanian | Colombia (Huila) | P. tajacu (71285) | |
| Lujanian | Venezuela (Falcon) | P. tajacu (113601) | |
| Lujanian | Colombia | P. tajacu (71291) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Chiapas) | Dicotyles tajacu (226041) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | P. tajacu (71332 71334 71335) Tayassu tajacu (71331) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Dicotyles tajacu (93244) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Venezuela (Falcón) | P. tajacu (204069) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Guatemala (Huehuetenango) | Tayassu tajacu (212607) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (154804) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Mato Grosso) | Tayassu tajacu (136521) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Guatemala (Peten) | Dicotyles tajacu (71312) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Guatemala (El Petén) | P. tajacu (189383) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Mississippi) | P. sp. (164236) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | P. tajacu (71313 212251) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | P. tajacu (212719) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Tayassu tajacu (21691) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | Dicotyles tajacu (74474) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Tayassu tajacu (21689) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Tayassu tajacu (21687) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Tayassu tajacu (21686) |