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

TYPE SPECIES: Dicotyles torquatus Cuvier, 1816 (= Sus tajacu Linnaeus, 1758).

SYNONYMS: Notophorus .

COMMENTS: The Collared Peccary should be assigned to a separate genus from the Whitelipped 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, see Miller and Rehn (1901:12), and Miller (1912b:384), so the correct generic name for Collared Peccaries appears to be Pecari, with type by monotypy Dicotyles torquatus.