Dicotyles crassus Linnaeus, 1758

Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G., Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M., Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro, Juárez-López, Rugieri, Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth, Pérez-Solano, Luz A., Hernández-Lara, Carolina, Friedeberg, Diana, Thornton, Dan & Koller-González, Juan M., 2017, Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico, Check List 13 (6), pp. 711-726 : 720

Dicotyles crassus Linnaeus, 1758

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 28.

Dicotyles crassus is a medium-sized mammal with a large triangular head, stocky body, and thin legs. Its fur is mostly dark gray-brown but this species is characterized by a cream-colored collar from the shoulders to the chest. The only similar species is Tayassu pecari , but D. crassus can be easily differentiated because T. pecari is larger, has darker fur, and has a white patch on its cheek and lower jaw. We use D. crassus instead of the commonly used Pecari tajacu following Ramirez-Pulido et al. (2014).