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Tayassu
Sign in to saveTayassu 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. At least one extinct species, T. edensis, has been placed in the genus. Many sources regard Dicotyles as a synonym. , the Paleobiology Database regarded Dicotyles as a separate genus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 77
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Tayassuidae
- Collections
- CM, ROM, NCSM, ASNHC, UNICAMP, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Unknown, Captive, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Per̼, Bolivia, Guatemala
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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. At least one extinct species, T. edensis, has been placed in the genus. Many sources regard Dicotyles as a synonym. , the Paleobiology Database regarded Dicotyles as a separate genus.
== References ==
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