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Pecari tajacu (collared peccary)

Mammalia - Tayassuidae

Taxonomy
Sus tajacu was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tayassu tajacu by Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Wetzel (1977) and Gasparini (2013); it was recombined as Dicotyles tajacu by Woodburne (1968), Woodburne (1969), Wright (1989) and Wright (1993); it was recombined as Pecari tajacu by Miller (1912), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Theimer and Keim (1998), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Dutra et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Sus tajacu Linnaeus p. 50
1902Tayassu tajacu Hay p. 659
1911Tayassu tajacu Thomas p. 140
1912Pecari tajacu Miller
1968Dicotyles tajacu Woodburne
1969Dicotyles tajacu Woodburne p. 122
1977Tayassu tajacu Wetzel
1989Dicotyles tajacu Wright
1993Pecari tajacu Wilson and Reeder
1993Dicotyles tajacu Wright
1998Pecari tajacu Theimer and Keim
2008Pecari tajacu Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5
2012Waldochoerus bassleri Frailey and Campbell
2013Tayassu tajacu Gasparini p. 58
2017Pecari tajacu 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
genusPecariReichenbach 1835
speciestajacu()

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.

Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 [collared peccary]
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Invalid names: Waldochoerus bassleri Frailey and Campbell 2012 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Depth from tip of coronoid process to inferior margin height171.6
Depth of ramus below lower M3 height135.0
Depth of ramus below lower P2 height135.4

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil Pecari tajacu (217277)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Pecari tajacu (211820)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Peru (Ucayali) Waldochoerus bassleri (137877 137880 137883 137884)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pecari tajacu (71303 71314)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Colombia Pecari tajacu (71291)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Venezuela (Falcon) Pecari tajacu (113601)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Colombia (Huila) Pecari tajacu (71285)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Chiapas) Dicotyles tajacu (226041)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Pecari tajacu (71332 71334 71335) Tayassu tajacu (71331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Peten) Dicotyles tajacu (71312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Huehuetenango) Tayassu tajacu (212607)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Dicotyles tajacu (93244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcón) Pecari tajacu (204069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) Pecari tajacu (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Pecari tajacu (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Pecari tajacu (71313 212251)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Tayassu tajacu (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Tayassu tajacu (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Dicotyles tajacu (74474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Tayassu tajacu (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Tayassu tajacu (21689)