Pecari | |
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Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Artiodactyla |
Family | Tayassuidae |
Genus | Pecari |
Pecari is a genus of peccarys in the Tayassuidae family. The genus was monotypic until the description of Pecari maximus in 2007, but the scientific evidence for its status as a species separate from Pecari tajacu has later been questioned.
Species[]
Giant Peccary (Roosmalen et al., 2007) (Pecari maximus) Collared Peccary (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pecari tajacu)