Tayassu
| Tayassu Temporal range: Late Hemphillian to recent, Possible not described Early Miocene records of cf. Dicotyles
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| Tayassu pecari | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tayassuidae |
| Genus: | Tayassu (Waldheim, 1814) |
| Type species | |
| Tayassu pecari (Waldheim, 1814)
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Tayassu is a genus of peccary. The only extant species is the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari). Collared peccary is suggested now as a possible member of same genus.[3] At least one extinct species, T. edensis, has been placed in the genus.[1] Many sources regard Dicotyles as a synonym.[2][4][5][6] As of December 2025, the Paleobiology Database regarded Dicotyles as a separate genus.[7]
References
- ^ a b "†Tayassu edensis Frick, 1921". Fossilworks.org.
- ^ a b "Tayassu G. Fischer [von Waldheim], 1814". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ John J. Mayer; Ralph M. Wetzel (1987). Tayassu pecari.
- ^ Tayassu Fischer, 1814 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Genus Tayassu". MSW3. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Tayassu G.Fischer". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Dicotyles Cuvier 1817 (peccary)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2025-12-12.