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Tayassuini

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Tayassuini was named by Dutra et al. (2017) [Name attributed to Palmer 1897, but Palmer 1897 only uses the family name, Tayassuidae, which is also used in this paper.]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Tayassuinae by Dutra et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Tayassuini Dutra et al. p. 353

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—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
tribeTayassuini

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.

Tr. Tayassuini Dutra et al. 2017
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G. †Brasiliochoerus Rusconi 1930
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G. Catagonus Ameghino 1904 [Chacoan peccary]
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†Catagonus bonaerensis Ameghino 1904
†Catagonus carlesi Rusconi 1930
†Catagonus metropolitanus Ameghino 1904
G. Parachoerus Rusconi 1930
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Parachoerus carlesi Rusconi 1930
Parachoerus wagneri Wetzel 1975
G. Pecari Reichenbach 1835
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Pecari angulatus Cope 1889
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 [collared peccary]
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Invalid names: Waldochoerus bassleri Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
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
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. P. Dutra et al. 2017Tayassuinae with a short postcanine upper diastema and presence of accessories cusps in the inferior premolar series.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:10:33
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 Hemphillian to the top of the Holocene or 10.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 4.9 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Michoacán) Catagonus sp. (212337)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Nayarit) Catagonus sp. (212339)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Prosthennops edensis (19445)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Prosthennops sp. (18755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Catagonus sp. (18340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) Tayassu pecari (147081 204068) Tayassu sp. (144977)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Catagonus sp. (71304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) Tayassu sp. (71301 71302)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela (Anzoátegui) Tayassu pecari (204071)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil Pecari tajacu (217277)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Tayassu sp. (92814)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Pecari tajacu (211820)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Piauí) Tayassu sp. (211633)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tayassu indet. (147815)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Ucayali) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137878 137881 137882) Sylvochoerus woodburnei, Waldochoerus bassleri (137877 137880 137884) Waldochoerus bassleri (137883)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Loreto) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137879)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Acre) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137876)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Bolivia (Tarija) Catagonus stenocephalus (142544)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Catagonus sp., Tayassu pecari (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Colombia (Huila) Pecari tajacu (71285)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Catagonus sp. (203955)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Catagonus sp. (71274 212684)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pecari tajacu (71303 71314) Tayassu pecari (71347)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Tayassu sp. (71290)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Venezuela (Falcon) Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari (113601)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Santa Fe) Tayassu pecari (181869)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Colombia Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari (71291)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Catagonus stenocephalus (203912)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tayassu sp. (63335)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Tayassu pecari (71295)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Chiapas) Dicotyles tajacu (226041)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Tayassu pecari (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Catagonus sp., Tayassu sp. (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Huehuetenango) Tayassu tajacu (212607)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) Pecari tajacu (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Peten) Dicotyles tajacu (71312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pecari sp. (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Catagonus sp. (148417) Tayassu sp., Brasiliochoerus stenocephalus (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Rios) Catagonus sp. (93265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Dicotyles tajacu (93244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Tocantins) Catagonus stenocephalus (149493)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari (71332 71334 71335) Tayassu pecari, Tayassu tajacu (71331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcón) Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari (204069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tayassu pecari (191127)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Venezuela (Monagas) Tayassu pecari (204070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Pecari tajacu (71313 212251) Tayassu pecari (212448 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Mississippi) Pecari sp. (164236)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Tayassu pecari, Tayassu tajacu (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Dicotyles tajacu (74474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Tayassu pecari, Tayassu tajacu (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Tayassu tajacu (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Tayassu pecari, Tayassu tajacu (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Tayassu sp. (71269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Tayassu sp. (93267)