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GENUS Tayassu

Author:G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814.
Citation:Zoognosia, 3: 284.
Type Species:Tayassu pecari G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814 (= Sus pecari Link, 1795).
Comments:By subsequent designation of Miller and Rehn (1901:12), the type of Tayassu is T. pecari G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814 (= Sus pecari Link, 1795). By subsequent designation of Miller (1912b:384), the type of Dicotyles is D. labiatus G. Cuvier. Sus pecari and Dicotyles labiatus are synonyms of Tayassu pecari (Hershkovitz, 1963). Therefore, Dicotyles is a synonym of Tayassu. Husson (1978:347-348) and Woodburne (1968) held contrary views.
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Offspring:

SPECIES pecari

SUBSPECIES pecari

SUBSPECIES aequatoris

SUBSPECIES albirostris

SUBSPECIES ringens

SUBSPECIES spiradens

Synonyms:

    Dicotyles G. Cuvier, 1817
    Olidosus Merriam, 1901

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