Tayassuidae
Dicotylidae, Peccaries
- Odoichoerus
- Tayassuinae
- Catagonus wagneri (Chacoan peccary)
- Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary)
- Pecari tajacu (collared peccary, javelina)
- Argyrohyus
- Brasiliochoerus
- Chaenohyus
- Cynorca
- Dyseohyus
- Egatochoerus
- Hesperhys
- Mylohyus
- Perchoerus
- Platygonus
- Prosthennops
- Thinohyus
- Doliochoerinae
- Barberahyus
- Doliochoerus
- Pecarichoerus
- Schizochoerus
- Taucanamo
- Barberahyus
References
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Ducrocq, S. 1994. An Eocene peccary from Thailand and the biogeographical origins of the artiodactyl family Tayassuidae. Palaeontology 37:765-779.
Gongora, J. and C. Moran. 2005. Nuclear and mitochondrial evolutionary analyses of Collared, White-lipped, and Chacoan peccaries (Tayassuidae). Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution 34(1):181-189.
Groves, C. P. and P. Grubb. 1993. The suborder Suiformes. Pages 1-4 in: W. L. R. Oliver, ed. Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos, IUCN, The World Conservation Union, Gland.
Grubb P. and C. P. Groves. 1993. The neotropical Tayassuids, Tayassu, and Catagonus, Pages 5-7 in: W. L. R. Oliver, ed. Pigs, Peccaries and Hippos, IUCN, The World Conservation Union, Gland.
Pickford, M. 1986. A revision of the Miocene Suidae and Tayassuidae (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) of Africa. Tertiary Research 7:1-83.
Randi, E., V. Lucchini and C. H. Diong. 1996. Evolutionary genetics of the Suiformes as reconstructed using mtDNA sequencing. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 3:163-194.
Sowls, L. K. 1984. The Peccaries, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Theimer, T. C. and P. Keim. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of peccaries based on mitochondrial cytochrome B DNA sequences. Journal of Mammology 79(2):566-572.
Vassart, M., A. Pinton, A. Seguela and C. Dutertre. 1994. New data on chromosomes of peccaries. Mammalia 58:504–507.
Wright, D. B. 1998. Tayassuidae. Pages 389–401 in: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott and L. L. Jacobs, eds. Cambridge University Press, London.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Pecari tajacu |
|---|---|
| Location | Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Javelina, Tumamoc Hill, Tucson |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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