Tayassu pecari (Link, 1795) . Beitr. Naturgesch., 2:104.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Oaxaca and Veracruz (Mexico) to W Ecuador, Brazil and NE Argentina. Introduced to Cuba.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: aequatoris, albirostris, beebei, labiatus, ringens, spiradens.

COMMENTS: Includes albirostris; see Husson (1978:353). Reviewed by Mayer and Wetzel (1987, Mammalian Species, 293).