Pecari Reichenbach 1835 (peccary)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae

Parent taxon: Tayassuini according to R. P. Dutra et al. 2017

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Alroy 2002, Boisserie et al. 2005, Hulbert et al. 2009 and Wilson and Reeder 1993

Sister taxa: Brasiliochoerus, Catagonus, Parachoerus, Tayassu

Subtaxa: Pecari angulatus Pecari tajacu

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Brazil (10), Colombia (2), Guatemala (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (5), United States (4: Arizona, Florida, Mississippi, Texas), Venezuela (3)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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