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Tayassu

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Tayassu Fischer
1897Tayassu Palmer p. 174
1902Tayassu Hay p. 659
1988Tayassu Carroll
1997Tayassu McKenna and Bell p. 398
1998Tayassu Wright p. 395
2005Tayassu Boisserie et al.
2006Tayassu Salles et al. p. 8
2008Tayassu Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2012Sylvochoerus Frailey and Campbell
2013Tayassu Gasparini p. 58
2017Tayassu Dutra et al. p. 353

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilySuoidea
Suina(Gray 1868)
familyTayassuidae
subfamilyTayassuinaePalmer 1897
tribeTayassuini
genusTayassuFischer 1814

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