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Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary)

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Sus pecari was named by Link (1795). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tayassu pecari by Fischer (1814), Palmer (1897), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Wright (1998), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gasparini (2013) and Dutra et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Sus pecari Link
1814Tayassu pecari Fischer
1897Tayassu pecari Palmer p. 174
1993Tayassu pecari Wilson and Reeder
1998Tayassu pecari Wright p. 397
2008Tayassu pecari Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2012Sylvochoerus woodburnei Frailey and Campbell
2013Tayassu pecari Gasparini p. 58
2017Tayassu pecari 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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciespecari(Link 1795)

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.

Tayassu pecari Link 1795 [white-lipped peccary]
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Invalid names: Sylvochoerus woodburnei Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Depth of ramus below lower M3 height141.4
Depth of ramus below lower P2 height140.8
Depth, tip of coronoid process to inferior margin of ramus height189.5
Height of zygomatic arch above mid–tooth alveolar margin of upper M3 to lower ed height116.0

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 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) Tayassu pecari (147081 204068)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela (Anzoátegui) Tayassu pecari (204071)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Acre) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137876)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Ucayali) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137877 137878 137880 137881 137882 137884)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Loreto) Sylvochoerus woodburnei (137879)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tayassu pecari (71347)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Tayassu pecari (140159)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Santa Fe) Tayassu pecari (181869)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Colombia Tayassu pecari (71291)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Venezuela (Falcon) Tayassu pecari (113601)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Tayassu pecari (71295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Tayassu pecari (213470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Tayassu pecari (71331 71332 71334 71335)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcón) Tayassu pecari (204069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Tayassu pecari (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Venezuela (Monagas) Tayassu pecari (204070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Tayassu pecari (212448 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tayassu pecari (191127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Tayassu pecari (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Tayassu pecari (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Tayassu pecari (21689)