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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Tayassuidae
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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