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--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Tayassuidae
--> GENUS Pecari
--> SPECIES tajacu
SUBSPECIES Pecari tajacu tajacu
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 50. | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Mexici, Panamae, Brasiliae montibus, sylvis". Mexico selected by Thomas (1911a:140); however, Linnaeus's name Sus tajacu is based on the tajacu of Marcgraf, from Brazil, Pernambuco (Cabrera, 1961:319; Hershkovitz, 1963, 1987b) and this restriction of the type locality is adopted here. | |
| | Synonyms:
caitetu Liais, 1872 tajassu (Erxleben, 1777)
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