Dicotyles labiatus = Tayassu pecari (white-lipped peccary) Tayassu pecari syn. Dicotyles labiatus
Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology /edited by Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin.
Date between 1879 and 1882
Source https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/570888
Author Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin
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Tayassu pecari
- white-lipped peccary
The white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) is a fascinating species found in Central and South America. White-lipped peccaries resemble pigs but are covered in dark hair, except for certain regions like the throat, where the hair is cream-colored. They have a large head, a thick neck, a long snout, and a short tail. These social animals inhabit a variety of habitats across their range, which extends from Mexico to Argentina.
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Tayassuidae
Genus: Tayassu
Species: Tayassu pecari (Link, 1795)
Synonyms
- Sus pecari (Link, 1795)
