Tayassu G. Fischer, 1814 . Zoognosia, 3:284.

TYPE SPECIES: Tayassu pecari Fischer, 1814 (= Sms pecari Link, 1795).

SYNONYMS: Adenonotus, Dicotyles, Olidosus.

COMMENTS: By subsequent designation, the type of Tayassu is T. pecari Fischer, 1814 (= Sus pecari Link, 1795); see Miller and Rehn (1901:12). By subsequent designation, the type of Dicotyles is D. labiatus G. Cuvier; see Miller (1912b:384). Sus pecari and Dicotyles labiatus are synonyms of Tayassu pecari; see Hershkovitz (1963). Therefore, Dicotyles is a synonym of Tayassu, but see Husson (1978:347-348) and Woodburne (1968) for contrary views.