Pecari Reichenbach 1835

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Pecari Reichenbach 1835

Pecari Reichenbach 1835 , Bildergalerie der Thierwelt, part 6: 1.

Type Species: Dicotyles torquatus Cuvier 1816

Synonyms: Adenonotus Brookes 1827 ; Notophorus G. Fischer [von Waldheim] 1817 ; Notophorous Wooodburne 1968 ; Tagassu von Frisch 1775 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 14 subspecies:

Species Pecari tajacu ( Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. tajacu Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. angulatus Cope 1889

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. bangsi Goldman 1917

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. crassus Merriam 1901

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. crusnigrum Bangs 1902

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. humeralis Merriam 1901

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. nanus Merriam 1901

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. nelsoni Goldman 1926

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. niger J. A. Allen 1913

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. nigrescens Goldman 1926

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. patira Kerr 1792

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. sonoriensis Mearns 1897

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. torvus Bangs 1898

Subspecies Pecari tajacu subsp. yucatanensis Merriam 1901

Discussion: The Collared Peccary should be assigned to a separate genus from the White-lipped species according to Woodburne (1968), Husson (1978:347-348), and Wright (1989). Use of appropriate generic names for these taxa is controversial. Genotypes of Tayassu and Dicotyles by subsequent designation are White-lipped Peccaries ( Miller and Rehn, 1901:12; Miller, 1912 b:384). Notophorus and Adenonotus are obscure names now categorized as nomina oblita (Article 23.9, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999), so the valid generic name for Collared Peccaries is Pecari , with type by monotypy Dicotyles torquatus .